Simone Spagnolo

Dr. Simone Spagnolo is a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for BMus/MMus Composition at the London College of Music (University of West London). As a composer, academic, and interdisciplinary artist, his work merges musical composition with narrative, theatre, philosophy, and performance art, specializing in music-theatre, graphic scores, and experimental opera. He has composed chamber-scale spectacles like Even you, lights, cannot hear me and Faust, Alberta, earning starred reviews.

• Key Venues: Royal Festival Hall, Stanford University, Liszt Academy, Tete-a-Tete Festival, and Janacek Academy
• Research Interests: Interdisciplinarity in performing arts, wearable graphic scores, irrationality in artistic assessment

Academic Contributions: Spagnolo has published in Studies in Theatre and Performance and Studies in Musical Theatre, focusing on music-theatre aesthetics and educational philosophies. His compositions have won multiple AASO Composition Prizes (2006–2009) and the Recital Music Composition Prize (2011).

Notable Collaborations: Works with Arioso Furioso Trio (e.g., La Confessione di Yoshiko Shioda), Gabriele Baldocci (Mr Baldocci), and Trinity Laban Conservatoire’s Harp Department. Upcoming 2025 projects include La Luna nel Pozzo for ten violas and Ellittico, di Beffe e Elegie at St Pancras Clock Tower.