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“With the classical stuff, I've always been better at the big brushstrokes and broad textures than spending ages honing a chord, or tweaking a sample.”

Quote by Anna Meredith

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Anna Meredith is a British composer known for her unique musical style and for blending electronic music, classical music, and pop. Born in 1978, she has a passion for music from a young age and received professional musical education in the UK. Meredith's works span various musical forms, including symphonic, chamber, electronic, and pop music, and her compositions are frequently performed at music festivals around the world. more

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