Recent Reviews:
"I enjoyed the skittish cascades of Daniel Bickerton's The Court Jester."
Richard Morrison, The Times [January 07, 2009]
See the full article at: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article5459558.ece
"Daniel Bickerton's The Court Jester invoked a sense of period and character - and just a little (harmless) madness!"
Colin Anderson, Classical Source [January 05, 2009]
See the full article at: http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=6650
Selected Notable Performances:
Performance of Lunarscape by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Summer School 2009 [world premiere]
St Paul's, London
Conductor: D Bickerton
August 21, 2009
Performance of Out On A Whim by David Edmunds (horn) & Dan Bickerton (piano) [world premiere]
St. Alfege's Church, Greenwich
June 23, 2009
Performance of When The Stakes Are High by David Edmunds (horn) & Dan Bickerton (piano) [Welsh premiere]
Concert Hall, Corbett Road, Cardiff
April 29, 2009
Performance of Nocturne by Carducci Quartet
Concert Hall, Corbett Road, Cardiff
April 22, 2009
Performance of When The Stakes Are High by David Edmunds (horn) & Dan Bickerton (piano)
Blackheath Halls, Blackheath, London
March 13, 2009
Performance of This Masquerade by Greater Gwent String Orchestra [world premiere]
Riverfront Theatre, Newport, South Wales
Conductor: Peter James
February 22, 2009
Performance of Epiphany by Lontano [world premiere]
St. David's Room, Kings College London
January 07, 2009
Performance of The Court Jester by Consortium5
Southbank Centre, Purcell Room
January 05, 2009
Performance of When The Stakes Are High by David Edmunds (horn) & Dan Bickerton (piano) [world premiere]
St. Alfege's Church, Greenwich
June 16, 2008
Performance of Foreboding by Haruka Shibuya (piano) [world premiere]
Theatre Studio, Old Royal Naval College, London
John Halford's Composition Prize Winner (Adjudicator: Stephen Gutmann)
March 13, 2008
Performance of On The Edge by TCM Wind Orchestra [world premiere]
Regent Hall, Oxford Street, London
Conductor: Ian Mitchell
December 05, 2007
Performance of Prayer by William Rees (baritone) & Dan Bickerton (piano) [world premiere]
La Mortella, Ischia, Italy
Sponsored by William Walton Trust
June 24-25, 2007 (two performances)
Performance of Phoenix by PM Ensemble [world premiere]
Concert Hall, Corbett Road, Cardiff
June 2007
Performance of Apokaluptein by Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone) & Cardiff CMG[world premiere]
Concert Hall, Corbett Road, Cardiff
Conductor: D Bickerton
June 2007
Performance of Fanfare for Gwent by Greater Gwent Symphonic Winds [world premiere]
Public Library Theatre, San Francisco, USA
Conductor: Paul Hornsby
August 19, 2006
Awards:
Cardiff Research Scholarship (2008-2011)
Joan Griffiths Fellowship (2007-2008)
Welsh Composers Guild (2007)
Arts & Humanities Research Council (2006-2007)
Celia Thomas Bequest (2006)
Elizabeth Griffiths prize (2005)
A B Dally award (2004)