ABOUT
Sasha Scott is a composer, producer, violinist, and orchestrator born and based in London.
In 2019, she was the senior winner of ‘BBC Young Composer of the Year’ for her electro-acoustic work for strings, percussion, and electronics Humans May Not Apply. Since then, she has been commissioned and has written works for the Aurora Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Sean Shibe, Ema Nikolovska, Beijing Music Festival, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Her Ensemble. Upcoming projects include works for the London Symphony Orchestra, 12 Ensemble, and Lise Vandersmissen. Her works have been broadcast on; BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 6, NTS Radio, and have been performed in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, Queen Elizabeth Hall/ Purcell Room (Southbank Centre), Cadogan Hall, Poly Theatre (Beijing), and in other venues across Europe, UK, and Asia. Sasha is currently on the RPS Composers programme 2024-2025, and was previously a composer on the 'LSO Panufnik Composers Scheme 2023-2024' and 'Britten Pears Young Artist programme 2022-23'. Sasha graduated from the Royal College of Music in 2024, with first class honours in Bachelor of Music (Hons). She studied composition with Mark Anthony-Turnage and violin with Yuri Zhislin.
As a producer/performer, Sasha performed Inertia on solo live electronics with the London Symphony Orchestra at Hackney Empire 2024, and has also been a support act for Robert Ames at the Purcell Room (Southbank Centre) 2021, Ben Corrigan and Robert Ames at the Pickle Factory 2022, and MINIHI at the Waiting Room 2023. She was a guest on Afrodeutsche's radio show 'The People's party with Afrodeutsche', where she took on 'The Unmixable' challenge on BBC Radio 6. Her debut EP Spiral was released on 24/02/23, and was broadcast on BBC Radio 6, NTS Radio, and featured in Rat Heart’s (Tom Boogizm) 2023 Guest Charts for BoomKat. Sasha also remixed Ben Corrigan and Robert Ames' track Chrome Ocean which was released on Modern Recordings. Sasha released her second electronic EP Angel on 22/11/24, and recently scored a 30 second film for Burberry's Outerwear Campaign 2024.
As an orchestrator/arranger, Sasha co-orchestrated Loraine James’ album Building Something Beautiful For Me with Ben Corrigan for James’ performances with the London Contemporary Orchestra. She transcribed and arranged Wendy Carlos’ Timesteps for the film Wendy, created by Frances Scott and Chu-Li Shewring. Sasha solely orchestrated the television score composed by Carly Paradis for 'The Control Room' on BBC 1, and arranged three tracks from Hania Rani's album Ghosts for Night Tracks @ BBC Proms / The Glasshouse 2024. She has also worked on arrangements and provided additional orchestration for artists such as Afrodeutsche, Anna Meredith, Clark, and Jed Kurzel.
As a violinist, Sasha regularly plays in Chineke! Orchestra and the London Contemporary Orchestra. Recent credits include being a session violinist on The Smile's albums Walls Of Eyes and Cutouts, and has also been a session violinist on film and television scores such as Chevalier, Deadpool & Wolverine, and Who Killed Jill Dando? She has played in venues across Europe, the BBC Proms, Lucerne Festival, BBC Radio 6 Festival, and the Burberry SS23 fashion show.