Dani Howard is a British composer and orchestrator who is quickly gaining international recognition with regular performances across Europe, the US and Asia. Described as having a “luminous and effervescent sound world” (Gramophone), Howard’s work has been commissioned and performed by orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, and Kuopio Symphony. Conductors have included Vasily Petrenko, Dalia Stasevska, Kazuki Yamada, Elim Chan, and Chloé Van Soeterstède. In 2022, she won a Royal Philharmonic Society Award for her Trombone Concerto which was dubbed “an instant classic" (The Times).

The 2024/25 season brings commissions including a Saxophone Concerto for Jess Gillam commissioned by Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; a solo percussion work for Colin Currie at Wigmore Hall; a Clarinet Quartet Concerto for the German Clarinets and Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz; and a new work for trumpeter Matilda Lloyd, forming part of her ECHO Rising Star tour. A new work for the Leonore Trio will also feature at Presteigne Festival and Music in the Round.

In 2024, Howard was appointed Resident Artist with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain; through the residency she was commissioned to write two new works for NYO, including a large-scale orchestral work at the BBC Proms for over 260 musicians, which was broadcast on BBC Four. 2024 also saw the release of Howard’s debut album of orchestral works on Rubicon Classics, featuring Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and trombonist Peter Moore, conducted by Pablo Urbina and Michael Seal. Financial Times commented that “a brilliant command of the orchestra […] shows why Howard has become one of the most sought-after British composers of the younger generation.” Other 2023/24 highlights include a Percussion Concerto for Dame Evelyn Glennie and BBC National Orchestra of Wales, alongside commissions from Grimethorpe Colliery Band, saxophonist Jonathan Radford and guitarist Jack Hancher.

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Dani Howard in conversation with Peter Moore, discussing their collaboration on a new trombone concerto, commissioned and premiered by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. They speak with the London Symphony Orchestra ahead of the London premiere, April 2022.

In 2020, Dani Howard was commissioned by the Antoni Gaudí building Casa Batlló  in Barcelona, to compose an hour of music inspired by the spaces throughout the building, which will act as the new audio-guide for their ’10D experience’ which launched in May 2021. This project saw her record full symphony orchestra and percussion quartet at Teldex Studios, with members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony, and Deutsche Oper Berlin, conducted by Pablo Urbina.