BIOGRAPHY
Paul Todd is a classical music artist born in England in 1965. He studied at the Guildford Conservatoire and the University of York. In 1987, he was awarded the Prince Pierre de Monaco Foundation Prize for his piano composition "Inventions". He then went on to study with Luciano Berio and Pierre Boulez. In 1990, he won the Bartók-Paisiello International Piano Composition Competition in Budapest. In 1992, he was performed for the first time by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. In 1993, he became a Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1995, he won the Gaudeamus International Composition Competition in Amsterdam. In 1997, he was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture. In 1998, he was performed for the first time by the Paris Orchestra. In 2000, he was made an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2003, he became a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters. In 2006, he was named a Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the President of the French Republic. In the following years, he continued to receive honorary distinctions from the French government.