Philip Miller (composer)

His music to Kentridge's animated films and multimedia installations has been heard in some of the most prestigious museums, galleries and concert halls in the world, including MoMA, SFMOMA, The Guggenheim Museums (both New York and Berlin), Tate Modern, London, La Fenice Opera House, Carnegie Hall and in Australia at the Perth Festival.

[1] This collaboration dates back to 1993 when he wrote the score for Kentridge's film Felix in Exile,[2] part of his celebrated Soho Eckstein series.

This evolved into the live concert series 9 Drawings for Projection and Black Box/Chambre Noir touring Australia, the UK, (Germany), Italy, Belgium, France and the US.

2016 has seen Triumphs & Laments in Rome[4] which featured Miller's music for two processional marching bands with solo singers, choirs, musicians and dramatic live shadow play, all performed against the backdrop of Kentridge's 500-metre frieze along the banks of the Tiber River.

A number of their collaborations are on tour in Europe in 2016, including Paper Music, which makes its German premiere at the Berlin Festspiele in July 2016 and The Refusal of Time at Whitechapel Gallery in London in September.

Conceived and composed, in 2007, this became an award-winning choral work, based on the testimonies of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa.

Selected for the prestigious Spier Contemporary exhibition in South Africa, this used old tape recordings of his voice as a thirteen-year-old boy practising his speech for the customary coming of age ceremony, the [barmitzvah], juxtaposing these recordings with his adult voice as a gay man reflecting on questions of masculinity, sexuality and religion.

This historical portrait of American slavery is directed by Phillip Noyce (Salt, Patriot Games, The Bone Collector).

The miniseries stars Louis Gossett Jr. and Cuba Gooding Jr. * Wawela These awards celebrate South African music creators' accomplishments on the international and local stage over a particular defined period.

Performance of Triumphs & Laments
Philip Miller in rehearsal for Triumphs and Laments
Anatomy of a Mining Accident