"As with all the best setting of poetry, the words were liberated by the music" - Oliver Soden, Gramophone Magazine Recipient of the Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists (2020) British composer Arthur Keegan's music is forged from deep collaborative relationships with performers. Much of his music responds to text (from graffiti and Twitter feeds to poetry and literature) and is praised for imaginative, original soundworlds. Recent collaborators include Lotte Betts-Dean, the Ligeti Quartet, James Girling, comedian Tim Key and the Philharmonia Orchestra.