The Literature Network - CULTURE: Tarik takes inspiration from the Big Apple; Up-and-coming British composer Tarik O'Regan, now based in New York, is writing instant music on his visit to the Cheltenham Festival, writes Christopher Morley.(Features)

CULTURE: Tarik takes inspiration from the Big Apple; Up-and-coming British composer Tarik O'Regan, now based in New York, is writing instant music on his visit to the Cheltenham Festival, writes Christopher Morley.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20070712
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Byline: Christopher Morley

Tarik O' Regan, riding the crest of a wave of success at still only 29 years old, almost didn't become a composer.

Best known for his choral music - the subject of his acclaimed debut CD Voices, released last year - he has also had pieces performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta, He won the vocal category of the British Composer Award in 2005.

Yet his first job on leaving Oxford was with the investment bank, J P Morgan, in London.

"When I was an undergraduate I was very strongly interested in the visual arts," ...

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