Julian Porter

Music

Julian is a composer, with mature pieces since late 1980s. Major influences include Berg, Hindemith, Shostakovich, Henze and Hartmann. Style is atonal, contrapuntal but melodically driven, following in the great Austro-German tradition.

Julian composes works in all forms: chamber, instrumental, vocal (especially for female voice), choral and orchestral.

Key works include:

• Viola sonata
• Violin sonata
• Viola concerto
• Three Ophelia Songs (soprano & piano quintet)
• Songs on Imagist Poets (soprano & piano

Other activities

Mathematics

• Junior lecturer at Oxford teaching mathematics
• Currently doing research in algebraic geometry

IT

• Worked in civil service doing research into IT as well as large-scale architecture design
• Currently available as IT consultant, specialising in system engineering, web services and distributed systems
• Current research interests include functional programming, distributed processing and robotics

Other

• Philosophy (particularly epistemology, philosophy of language and political theory)
• Fictional writing

Education

• BA in mathematics, University of Oxford
• MA, University of Oxford
• MSc by research in mathematics, University of Oxford