biography.

Malcolm Dedman was born in London, England, on 3 November 1948. Fascinated at an early age by his mother’s piano playing, she taught him to play when he was around 5 years of age. Once Malcolm had a basic understanding, he found himself improvising alongside his regular practice. By the age of 12, he realized that he wanted to write some of these ideas down, so this became the starting point to his career as a composer.

During his teens, he listened to a lot of new music and taught himself to write, learning from what he heard. With minimal input from other musicians, he won two prizes: a setting of the Magnificat (in English) for the ‘Free Church Choir Union’ and a Sonatina for the Brent Music and Dance Festival, a work which was later to form the first movement of his Piano Sonata No. 1 – Restoration.

In his 20s, he studied composition with Patric Standford at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. This helped to establish a more personal style and to become more practical in his approach to composition.

​Even though Malcolm won other awards and secured performances of his music, it was not until 2004 that he was in a position to pursue a degree in music. To this end, he studied for his Masters in Composing Concert Music at the Thames Valley University in London (now the University of West London), graduating with distinction in 2005.

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