Born in Glasgow in 1948, Edward McGuire studied composition with James Iliff at the Royal Academy of Music, London and then with the Swedish composer Ingvar Lidholm in Stockholm. His works have been regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and commissions have come from many orchestras, ensembles and festivals including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Paragon Ensemble, the St Magnus Festival, the Edinburgh International Festival and Festival Interceltique de Lorient along with many instrumental and chamber works. In recent years he has produced several large-scale works to critical acclaim ...