Andy Pink is a multi award winning British composer, known equally for intimate
and at times experimental electronic compositions that blur the relationship between sound, music and movement on the one hand and for large scale installation works on the other.
Pink studied for a traditional music degree in London whilst simultaneously undertaking a deep exploration of 'raw sound' that became the seed for all of his future musical compositions. The result is a contemporary music rooted in rich melodies and modern textures.
The dance film 'But I Am' is nominated for the 2024 'Best Original Score' category at the Richmond International Screenwriters and Film Festival and 'The Sun Inside' recived an LA Film Award for 'Best Musical Film' in 2021.
Pink's other works include the score for 'Bird Song' (2002) for Siobhan Davies Dance which fundamentally questioned how dancers hear. It went on to become part of Tate Modern's '40 Artists 40 Days' Olympic bid and the piece was on the national curriculum for dance for over a decade.
Andy's career began at the Royal Court Theatre in 80’s London, working with directors Max-Stafford Clarke and Danny Boyle. Subsequently his ecletic career has expanded into film, art installations and multimedia with a particular emphasis always on how the human body emdodies the lived space.
Andy has worked with with Lumiere & Son, Station House Opera, English National Opera and The Royal Shakespeare Company. His many collaborations include 'Come Been and Gone' for Michael Clark, 'Ringside' for Mem Morrison and 'The Big Melt' for Jarvis Cocker. Composition projects include 'SALT', an installation in a disused salt factory for the 2008 Ruhr Triennale, 'Journeys of Love and More Love' for Moti Roti Company which played at Melbourne Festival and Singapore National Museum, 'Deep End' for Gerry Pilgrim, 'You May' for Zoi Dimitrou and music for the first ever Native American fashion show in New Mexico in 1998.
'Border Tales' was Andy's collaboration with Luca Silvestrini's Protein Dance, after having previously written music for the company's production 'LOL (lots of love)' in 2010. Both pieces toured internationally to huge critical acclaim. In 2018 Andy wrote a full length score for Sally Marie’s company Sweetshop Revolution. ‘BeautifuL’ explored female sexuality. Also in 2018/19 Stuart Waters premiered ‘Rock Bottom’ a dark but ultimately healing exploration of the intense ‘chem-sex’ world.
Since 2020 film and video work has become more central to his work.
Recent dance works include 'Home From Home' for Encore East which premiered in Novemeber 2023.