Oliver Leith

Oliver Leith is a British composer, born in 1990, working across notated concert music, opera and electronic production. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was later appointed Doctoral Composer-in-Residence at the Royal Opera House. His music has been commissioned by ensembles including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and Apartment House, earning him the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize, a British Composer Award and an Ivor Novello Award. His debut opera, Last Days, based on Gus Van Sant's film, premiered at the Linbury Theatre in 2022, and his piece Butterfly Craft featured on A.G. Cook's 2024 album Britpop.