Eden Lonsdale
photo: Anton Lukoszevieze
Eden Lonsdale (*1996) is a British-German composer based in Berlin.
He sees his work less as an act of creation than an act of unveiling - every piece an attempt to reveal networks of relationships, forms and laws already latent in the simplest materials and map them out over time. His aspiration is a paradox, to remove the author entirely from the received product: to create music whose internal logic is so complete it establishes its own truth. He is fascinated by sound’s ability to turn our perception of time almost into an experience of physical space, drawing the attentive ear into a universe of sound that it can move around and investigate freely. To him, the primary function of music is to inspire in the listener a sense of awe, mystery and spiritual curiosity towards the world we live in.
He has written concert music for and with soloists such as Alexandra Achillea, Anton Lukoszevieze, Heather Roche and Satoko Inoue as well as ensembles such as Apartment House, EXAUDI, Riot Ensemble, Latvian Radio Choir, Oerknal, ICTUS and Ensemble Intercontemporain. His orchestral works have been performed by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (w. Vladimir Jurowski), Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra (w. Jack Sheen) and London Symphony Orchestra.
His music has been released on Another Timbre (Clear and Hazy Moons, 2023; Dawnings, 2024), Sawyer Editions (ricercari for rainy days, 2024) and Flung Records (Clear and Stormy Horizons, 2025), Boomkat describing his debut release Clear and Hazy Moons as ‚one of the most startling releases we’ve heard from Another Timbre in ages‘ and ‚an essential listening experience, one that demands your full attention‘. Robert Dahm, writing in Tempo, described Dawnings as creating ‚a world so unique, nuanced and hermetic, both delicately realised and starkly uncompromising that one feels unable simply to leave it‘.
Eden studied composition at the Guildhall School of Music in London with Malcolm Singer, Cassandra Miller and Julian Anderson as well as at the Kunstuniversität Graz with Klaus Lang.