Chris Gander is a composer, World music performer and specialist. He has lived for two years in India and for a year in Persia and has also studied the musics of Brazil Cuba and Spain. In India Chris studied sitar and tabla and took courses in Yoga and Indian philosophy, to complete his background knowledge of Indian music. Chris continued his studies at The School of African and Oriental Studies, The University of London; where he took an M.A. in North Indian Classical Music and Aspects of Hinduism. With his aim of creating a convincing fusion between the musics of East and West Chris has studied with Jonathan Harvey, Michael Finnissy and the Indian composer John Mayer. In his musical style Chris attempts to create a seamless fusion and a thoughtful accessibility. “Chris Ganders music has a fresh spontaneous ecstatic joyousness that is both appealing and infectious” (Michael Finnissy). At whatever level he is writing for Chris tries to ensure that the performers are challenged by but also delight in playing his music.
Chris Ganders Music has been performed in major venues and festivals throughout the UK including The Brighton Festival (Royal Pavilion Music Room) The Komedia Theatre Brighton, The York Late Festival, London’s Wigmore Hall and St. Johns Smith Square. Lancing College and Dartington Hall. He has had works broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. International performances include the USA, France, Bulgaria and the Philippines.
Chris has had works performed by luminaries such as the Bingham String Quartet, the Scandinavian Flutequartet, the pianist Michael Finnissy, the recorder player Piers Adams, the guitarist Jason Carter, The English Guitar Quartet, the sitarist Dharambir Singh, the tabla player Pete Lockett, The Tacet Ensemble and the Baroque chamber orchestra Red Priest and many others. He has also worked with the Alimail Palim Dance Company and the Bivouac Dance Company.
His compositions include: Numerous works for solo and guitar ensemble. Works for solo recorders, guitar and recorder, piano and recorder and a recorder concerto. A flute concerto, guitar and flute, piano and flute. Works for solo piano’. A String Quartet, a Flute Quartet and works for chamber orchestra. A work for sitar tabla and tambura. A piece for Brass Quintet.
His most ambitious project to date is an hour long music/dance work, using an electronic soundscape overlayed with live musicians and dancers based on the Indian love myth Kama Deva. A CD of this work is available.
Chris as well as working on major projects has worked on educational projects with both children and adults, including the creation of a music dance work for the Farnham Festival for children. He is willing to undertake any form of compositional work, present workshops and perform, with his band, in the area of World music. (2003)

Compositore ed esecutore di 'world music'. Ha vissuto in India, Persia, Brasile e Cuba ed ha continuato a Londra studi di musica orientale ed africana. Specialista di musica, strumenti e filosofia indiana.