Masterclass

Masterclass: Natalie Holt

Sat 22 Mar, 1:00 pm Southbank Centre Be first for tickets
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Multi-award-winning composer Natalie Holt reveals her process behind creating scores for TV hits Loki and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Natalie Holt is a multi-award winning British composer who trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the National Film & Television School. She is the first woman to score a live action Star Wars project.

Her numerous film and television credits include the Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+) with John Williams, the Marvel television series Loki (starring Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson), the Netflix film Fever Dream (Dir: Claudia Llosa) the BBC’s Wallander (starring Kenneth Branagh), Knightfall (starring Mark Hamill), Paddington (starring Hugh Bonneville), Deadwater Fell (starring David Tennant) and the award-winning BBC drama Three Girls.

She co-scored the WW1 film Journey’s End with Oscar winner Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker), The Honourable Woman and Victoria with Martin Phipps (The Crown) and composed additional music for Hans Zimmer and Martin Phipps on the film Woman in Gold.

An accomplished violinist and violist, she has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games. She is known for her experimental string-based scores, on which she plays violin, piano and vintage synthesizer, as well as for her large orchestral music which she records at London’s Abbey Road Studios.

She won the prestigious Ivor Novello award in 2015, was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2017, was nominated for an Emmy award and won the Best International Score at the Beijing International Film Festival in 2018 for her score on Journey’s End with Hildur Guðnadóttir. Natalie is also a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.

Natalie moves between London and Los Angeles.