Erland Cooper

Erland Cooper

Erland Cooper is an Emmy nominated, Scottish composer, producer & multi-instrumentalist originally from the Orkney Islands. As a solo artist, he has released five critically acclaimed studio albums, with multiple companion LPs & EPs, including a trilogy of work inspired by his childhood home, as well as themes of nature, people, place & time. His work combines field recordings with traditional orchestration & contemporary electronic elements. Through music, words and cinematography he explores landscape, memory & identity. He develops these themes further by partnering with artists, writers and poets. Cooper also works across mixed media projects including installation art & film. He’s widely known for burying the only existing copy of the master tape of his first classical album in Scotland, deleting all digital files & leaving only a treasure hunt of clues for fans and his record label alike to search for it. The tape was found, unearthed and released exactly as it sounds from the earth in 2024, reaching number 1 in the official classical album charts. 

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In person
9 July 2025
13:00 - 13:50
EST - New York
CST - Beijing
PST - Los Angeles
AWST - Perth, Australia
In this conversation, Scottish composer Erland Cooper joins Pascale Davies,...