Education
From 1983 Vir studied composition at Dartington with Peter Maxwell Davies and at Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Oliver Knussen.
From 1983 Vir studied composition at Dartington with Peter Maxwell Davies and at Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Oliver Knussen.
Born in Delhi into a family life permeated with Indian classical music, Param Vir"s strong interest in music developed as a teenager when attending a Roman Catholic secondary school and had informal lessons from composer Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, then resident in India. With no prospects as a composer in India, he read history and philosophy at Delhi University, but returned to music on graduation in 1974 as a teacher. In 1986 Vir was a composition fellow and Tanglewood.
The following year he was a featured composer in the Festival of India in Geneva.
1983 - attended Dartington International Summer School on a scholarship. 1984 - moved to London to study with Oliver Knussen.
1987 - awarded Benjamin Britten Composition Prize. 2003 - first full production of Ion tours Europe.
2005 - Horse Tooth White Rock performed at the British Broadcasting Corporation Proms.
2005 - Hayagriva commissioned and premiered by the Schoenberg Ensemble in Amsterdam 2006 - Between Earth and Sky, inspired by Anish Kapoor"s Cloud Gate, premiered by the British Broadcasting Corporation Symphony Orchestra in London.