Sasha Scott
Sasha is one of eight composers selected for a place on the 2025 RPS Composers programme. This will culminate in her writing a new piece, commissioned by the RPS, for 12 Ensemble.
On this page, Sasha introduces herself in her own words, and shares links to her music, her website, and her social media platforms. We warmly invite programmers and commissioners to take a closer look at Sasha's work, and please be in touch with us if you would like to connect with her.
About Sasha
'Hi :) I am Sasha Scott, a composer, producer and violinist born and based in London. My first introduction to music was learning the violin at the age of four, and I found my love for composition by improvising when I should’ve been practising. I started composing music for acoustic instruments before my teens, and when I was about 16 I fell in love with the music of artists such as Aphex Twin, Massive Attack, and Anna Meredith. Listening to those completely new soundworlds deeply inspired me to want to learn how to create my own electronic sounds.
In my artistic practice, I incorporate what I have learnt from my classical training and enjoy merging that with my passion for sound design and music production. I love creating a variety of different music for all kinds of performance spaces, whether that is performing solo electronic sets, creating collaborative electro-acoustic works, or orchestral and chamber music. As a violinist, I regularly play in Chineke! Orchestra and the London Contemporary Orchestra.'
Highlights
- In 2024, Sasha’s 1000 parts of you, written for guitarist Sean Shibe and mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska, received its premiere at Wigmore Hall, and will tour across Europe in 2025.
- Sasha was commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra to compose a 10-minute work as part of the Panufnik Composers Scheme 2024. This will be performed by the LSO at the Barbican in their 2025/26 season.
- In 2024, Sasha performed her piece Inertia (as soloist - live electronics) with the London Symphony Orchestra at Hackney Empire.
- In 2023, Sasha was commissioned to write Utopia for chamber orchestra by the Beijing Music Festival, which was first performed in the Poly Theatre Beijing.
- Sasha was awarded ‘BBC Young Composer of the Year’ in 2019 for her electro-acoustic piece Humans May Not Apply.
Find out more
The RPS Composers programme could not happen without the support of RPS Members, PRS Foundation Talent Development Network supported by PPL, Delius Trust, Fidelio Charitable Trust, Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation, Idlewild Trust, John Ellerman Foundation, Presteigne Festival, Radcliffe Trust, Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund, Vaughan Williams Foundation, and several anonymous donors.
