Richard J. Birkin is a British composer from Derbyshire. His work has been recorded/performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra quartet, ISKRA Strings, and Sinfonia Viva players. He has written original soundtracks for short films (Edith, starring Peter Mullan and Michelle Fairley), a novel (the Man-Booker nominated Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor), a museum (a permanent musical installation in Derby Museum’s Nature Gallery) and more.

His work as a recording artist includes a neo-classical/ambient/post-rock meditation on a city at night (A Lullaby Hum for Tired Streets, Triste 2011), and an album for piano and string-quartet (Vigils, Reveal Records 2016). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.