Robert Scott Thompson is an international award-winning composer of contemporary music. Diverse and prolific, RST composes in various genres including electronic and experimental pop, modern classical, new age, avant-garde and his two primary genres — experimental electroacoustic (acousmatic) and ambient music. In a career spanning more than 40 years, he has released over 90 recordings, some of which, such as "The Silent Shore" and "Frontier," are considered significant in the genre. Thompson earned a PhD in music composition from the University of California at San Diego in 1990, where he was on the staff of the Center for Music Experiment Computer Audio Research Laboratory. In 1991, he was named a Fulbright Fellow to Denmark and was Composer in Residence at the Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music. The Institut international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges (IMEB) awarded him the Commande Commission in 2007, and he was Composer in Residence at IMEB. His diverse and deep background has afforded Thompson the opportunities to compose highly emotional and spiritual music from an intellectual approach. His music is full of meaning, and his experimental style, garnering numerous international awards, has been lauded by critics as being ahead of its time. www.aucourantrecords.com By Jim Brenholts, for Rovi