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Christopher Slaski
Christopher Slaski (born 3 September 1974) is a composer who has created music for films, television, theatre and live performance. He is a past recipient of the award for Best Young European Film
Christopher Slaski (born 3 September 1974) is a composer who has created music for films, television, theatre and live performance. He is a past recipient of the award for Best Young European Film Composer presented by the World Soundtrack Academy in Ghent and in 2017 his score for A Good American was nominated for best music by the Austrian Film Academy. He is a member of the European Film Academy. Early life and education Slaski holds a music degree from Cambridge University and a postgraduate in composition from London’s The Royal Academy of Music. He also attended master classes by Ennio Morricone at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, Italy and studied conducting with Lawrence Leonard. Career Slaski has written scores for feature films, including Kevin Spacey’s Beyond The Sea, The Pianotuner Of Earthquakes, the Spanish romantic-comedy Semen, una historia de amor, The Asylum, and the thriller Proyecto Dos. In 2009 he scored the Goya-nominated The Shame, by Spanish writer-director David Planell and in 2011 Rue Huvelin. Slaski’s score for the Spanish-French film Cuadrilatero, performed by the Brodsky Quartet, won awards at four international film festivals. In 2011 he won the
- Era
- 21st Century
- Lived
- 1974–present
- From
- United Kingdom
- Born in
- London
- Known as
- composer, musician, bandleader