Alex Groves is an Ivor Novello-nominated composer and curator working across contemporary classical and electronic music. His work often blends classical instrumentalists and singers with live processing to create uncanny soundworlds which blur the line between acoustic and electronic.

Recent projects include hottt for the Bang on a Can Summer Festival, DANCE SUITE - a set of hyperpop songs for pianist Zubin Kanga which premièred at the Southbank Centre, has been showcased as part of the New Music Biennial 2025 and will be released in a live recording on NMC, and Yeah Yeeaahh Yeeeaaahhh and Four by Four by Four both created as part of a year-long Magnum Opus residency with Britten Sinfonia. Other major works include Curved Form (St Endellion) for Manchester Collective, Layer Upon Layer Upon Layer - a concert-length 4DSOUND installation, Back into the World and Paradise Planet for English Touring Opera with writer/director Rebecca Hanbury, and a number of solo works for leading performers including Ben Goldscheider, Kate Ellis, Rakhi Singh and Daniel Pioro.
 
Alongside composing, Alex runs SOLO - a unique performance platform for contemporary classical soloists such as Gabriella Swallow, Eliza McCarthy and Joby Burgess to explore the music they love in an intimate setting. Each gig features an eclectic setlist packed with formative influences, dream collaborations and new adventures, and gives audiences the chance to engage with the performers on a more personal level. Recent events have been presented in collaboration with the National Gallery and featured artists including mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean and viola player Stephen Upshaw.

Alex's music has been presented nationally and internationally at venues including the Southbank Centre, Barbican Centre, Kings Place, soundfestival, Britten Pears Arts, St George's Bristol, The Concertgebouw, Elbphilharmonie, MASS MoCA and MONOM, broadcast on NTS Radio, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 6 Music, and released on Delphian, Nonclassical, Cantaloupe and Bedroom Community.

 

Alex's visual art has been exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition and Britten Pears Arts' Summer Contemporary, as well as being used as the cover art for many of his releases.