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Simon Katan

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Simon Katan (b.1979) is a composer and performer, living and working in East London, whose diverse activities aside from writing traditional scores include computer music, interactivity, performance art, and game design. He studied a BA in music at the Welsh College of Music and Drama (2001), an MMus in composition at Goldsmiths University (2005) and is currently working on his PhD as an Isambard Research Scholar at Brunel University. Simon’s music has been performed by himself, Brainer, Ensemble Scratch the Surface, Kate Ryder, and others at many festivals including Spitalfields Festival, Borealis Festival, Soundwaves 2010, Sonic Expo 07 and 08 and Sonorities Festival 06.  Simon was also a SAM shortlisted composer from 2007-2010; his recent commissions include Spitalfields Festival , Borealis 2010 and the Adopt a Composer Scheme.  Simon has designed and run social and pervasive games for Hide and Seek, Coney, Igfest, and Sony PlayStation at venues such as the Secret Garden Party, The Green Man Festival , Round House, Royal Festival Hall, Barbican, ICA, Battersea Arts Centre and Shunt.