Christian Mason (*1984 in London), studied composition at the University of York and  graduated from King’s College London with George Benjamin. He has held fellowships at Eton College, Villa Concordia, Civitella Ranieri and the SWR Experimental Studio in Freiburg. In 2012 he received the Mendelssohn Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music London and was awarded a British Composer Award. In 2015, he received the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung Award.

»My work explores the intersection of colour and line, time and space, musician and listener. I am fascinated by the way that sound can embody time while also transforming our experience of time, and by the possibility that music offers us–through the rituals of performance and listening in which we participate–to leave behind our everyday selves, to delve deeper into the present moment, and enter into the realms of imagination.« Christian Mason