Adam de La Cour

Adam de la Cour (born June 8, 1979) is a British composer and performer. He studied composition under Rodney Newton, Kit Turnbull and Michael Finnissy. de la Cour gained his Ph.D. from the University of Southampton in 2006.

de la Cour has written for various ensembles and soloists across the UK, the US and Europe including Michael Finnissy, Ah! you sitting comfortably (Vicky Wright/Peter Willcock), Laura Moody, Mark Knoop, The Calculators, Arco Collective, Anne Rhodes, Matthew Knowles, Libra Duo (Mark Knoop/Carl Rosman), IXION Ensemble.

de la Cour's music embraces a wide range of influences including elements of the New Complexity and avant-garde metal, the visual aspect of his work is of great importance showing a strong affinity to dada and surrealism especially in reference to the role of the 'object' with pieces such as Three Boxes and a Cube. de la Cour often creates performance scenarios of an absurdist or 'Pataphysical nature and has a keen interest in Comics, producing a series of comic (graphic notation) scores the first of which entitled The Real Imaginary Framed Existence of Ringhead and Loon, was performed by Adam de la Cour, Michael Finnissy and Alan Witts and is available for download online.