Biography
Anibal Vidal is a Chilean composer based in London born in 1991. He holds a Master’s Degree in Composition with Distinction and an Artist Diploma in Composition from the Royal College of Music in London. Furthermore, he has received lessons from professors such as Bernhard Lang, Francesco Filidei, Liza Lim, Mark Andre, Lucia Ronchetti, Kenneth Hesketh, Jonathan Cole, Haris Kitos, Miguel Farias and Andrés Maupoint.
His compositional pursuits resonate with both his Latin American heritage and classical training. Through these lenses, he aims to create a sound that speaks universally. His creative process blends the raw nature of traditional and unconventional instruments, objects, and the human voice within a classical music setting, forming a personal sound palette driven by the physicality of sound and direct experimentation with its source.
More prizes, commissions and participations include DYCE commission in partnership with European Union, Divertimento ensemble, Cikada ensemble, Ensemble U and Taller Sonoro (Europe), Spitalfields Festival commission (UK), 1st Prize of 20th Joan Guinjoan International Prize (Barcelona), 2nd prize Matan Givol Composers Competition 2024 (Israel), RCM Concerto Competition, 17th SunRiver Competition Merit Award (China), Mise-En Call for scores (NYC), Manifeste Academy composer 2023 (Paris), Time of Music Festival composer 2023 (Finland), impuls Academy (Graz), Music Panel Composer (Croatia), Cheltenham Festival composer (UK), The Robert Anderson Trust Special Award (UK).
His compositions have been performed in Europe, America, and Asia, collaborating with different groups such as the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Quatuor Bozzini, Britten Sinfonia, Mise-En ensemble, MI Orchestra, East Anglia Chamber Orchestra, RCM Philharmonic, Orquesta de Cámara de Valdivia, The Carice Singers, Divertimento ensemble, Cikada ensemble, Ensemble U, Ensemble Taller Sonoro, Synchronos ensemble, Ensamble Fractura, among others.
Vidal has been supported by PRS Foundation Music Creators Open Fund, RCM Accelerate, the Robert Anderson Trust, the Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust Scholarship, Ministerio de las Artes y Culturas de Chile.
He has scored the soundtracks of the TV series Pacto de Sangre (2018), Río Oscuro (2019), Helga & Flora (2020) and Cromosoma 21 (2022), as well as the features films Canasto de Cangrejos (2018) and Mientes (2020).
His first chamber music album Cuerdas y Rugidos (Strings & Roars), featuring chamber works, has recently been released in collaboration with the Brompton and Alkyona quartets, along with José Luis Urquieta and Ensamble Fractura.