Simon Holt

Simon Holt is an English composer of contemporary classical music who emerged in the 1980s and is associated with the British new-music scene. His work emphasises vivid timbral colour, angular gestures and dramatic textures across orchestral, chamber and solo forms, evolving through large-scale commissions and festival programming within the contemporary classical repertoire.

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