English composer Alec Roth (b1948). Of German/Irish descent. Studied music at the University of Durham, conducting in Dartington and Lucerne, and gamelan at the Academy of Indonesian Performing Arts in Surakarta. From 1986 to 1989 he was holder of the Collard Fellowship, and in 2000 received a major award to further his composition work from the Gulbenkian Foundation. Posts he has held include Founder Artistic Director of the Royal Festival Hall Gamelan Programme and South Bank Gamelan Players; Music Director of the Baylis Programme, English National Opera; Composer in Association, Opera North; Lecturer in Music, University of Edinburgh. He now works as a freelance composer.