Patrick Nunn studied with Frank Denyer, Gary Carpenter, Simon Bainbridge and Jonathan Harvey, completing his PhD at the Royal Academy of Music in 2009 (PRSF Scholarship funded). Awards include the Birmingham New Millennium prize for Sentiment of an Invisible Omniscience (2010), the Alan Bush prize for Transilient Fragments (2008), BASCA British Composer Award (Solo/Duet category) for Mercurial Sparks, Volatile Shadows (2006), and the BBC Radio 3 Composing for Children prize for Songs of Our Generation (1995). He has been shortlisted for the British Composer Awards on seven further occasions. Performed worldwide at venues including IRCAM in Paris and the Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms 2018), he has collaborated with the BBC Concert Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Kreutzer Quartet, Mark Simpson, Zubin Kanga, Piano Circus, Icebreaker and Ballet Rambert amongst others. His music is published by Cadenza Music, Composers Edition and the ABRSM, and recorded by Red Sock Records, NMC and sfz music.