Joby Talbot

Joby Talbot (25 August 1971 –) is a British composer.

Joby Talbot (2011)

Quotes

• Every genre has its challenges. Sometimes it's harder to play a supportive role than to take center stage.
  • Joby Talbot: a composer's journey through Wonderland to the foothills of Everest (15 October 2014)

• I’ve had some extraordinary, revelatory moments in the opera house over the years, but I’ve had an awful lot more disinterested moments, I’m not like one of those people who always goes and absolutely loves everything I see. More often than not I’m left a bit cold by it, but obviously, it’s the ultimate musical genre because of everything it brings to the table and the scope and the scale of the whole thing. I can hardly imagine that you can really be a composer and at least not harbor some sort of secret desire to write an opera one day.
  • Joby Talbot Climbs Into New Territory In Dallas Opera Premiere (January 29, 2015)

External links

• Official website