Jonathan Dove

Jonathan Dove CBE (born 18 July 1959) is an English composer of opera, choral works, plays, films, and orchestral and chamber music.

He studied music at the University of Cambridge, under Robin Holloway, and afterwards worked as a freelance arranger and accompanist until 1987, when he was employed by Glyndebourne Opera.

[1] In 1998 Dove was joint winner of the Christopher Whelen Award for his work in the fields of theatre music and opera.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to music.

[2] In 2024 Dove's opera Itch received an Ivor Novello Award nomination for Best Stage Work Composition at The Ivors Classical Awards.

Flight (1998), backstage at the Prinzregententheater in Munich, February 2017
Swanhunter (2009), performed at the Linbury Studio Theatre ( ROH ) in London, April 2015