<p><br />Oliver Waespi was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1971. He earned his composition di-ploma at the Musikhochschule Zurich and pursued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he attended workshops and lessons with Simon Bainbridge, Pe-ter Maxwell Davies and Brian Elias. He received several composition awards, including the International George Enescu-Composition Prize for Symphonic Music in 2003. His works were performed, recorded and broadcast in several european countries, Singapore and the USA. Performers of his works include contemporary music groups such as the London Sinfonietta, the Hesse Ensemble (London) or the Ensemble Phoenix (Basle), prestigious wind ensembles such as the Rundfunkblasorchester Leipzig or wind players of the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester), soloists such as Peter Sheppard Skaerved or Olivier Darbellay as well as symphony orchestras such as the Berne Chamber Orchestra, the Moldova Philharmonic of Iasi, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz. Current projects include commissions for the 2007 edition of the festival "L'art pour l'Aar" in Berne and the 2006/2007 concert series of the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. Oliver Waespi is an spnm shortlisted composer.</p>