James Dillon
Born: 29th October 1950, Glasgow
Nationality: Scottish
James Dillon is a Scottish composer who is often regarded as belonging to the New Complexity school. Dillon studied art and design, linguistics, piano, acoustics, Indian rhythm, mathematics and computer music, but is self-taught in composition.
Dillon was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Honours include first prize in the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in 1978, the Kranichsteiner music prize at Darmstadt in 1982, and an unprecedented five Royal Philharmonic Society composition awards, most recently for his chamber piece Tanz/Haus: triptych 2017. The recording of his chamber opera, Philomela, won the Grand Prix de l’Académie du Disque Lyrique 2010.
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Sean Shibe on Vesper
25th May 2026
The Scottish guitarist discusses his new album of works by Thomas Adès, Harrison Birtwistle and James Dillon, released on Pentatone last month.
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- 12 Caprices (1)
- A roaring flame (2)
- birl (2)
- black/nebulae for piano duo (1)
- Crossing Over (2)
- Del Cuarto Elemento for violin (1)
- Diffraction (1)
- Dillug-Kefitsah for piano (1)
- East 11th St NY 10003 (1)
- Emblemata: Carnival (1)
- Eos (2)
- helle Nacht (2)
- ignis noster (2)
- La femme invisible (1)
- La Navette, for orchestra (1)
- Parjanya Vata (3)
- Philomela (1)
- Sgothan (2)
- Shrouded Mirrors (3)
- Spleen (1)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1)
- String Quartet No. 6 (1)
- Tanz/haus: triptych 2017 (1)
- The Book of Elements (2)
- The Gates (1)
- the soadie waste for piano quintet (1)
- Traumwerk (1)
- Traumwerk Book III for violin and piano (1)
- Upon the cloudy night (1)
- Vernal Showers (1)
- Windows and Canopies (1)
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