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Michael Begg

Michael Begg is an award winning composer, sound and recording artist based in East Lothian, Scotland.

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Lulu and the Blacks

Lulu and the Blacks

October 10, 2025
Lulu and the Blacks, the new album from Michael Begg, will be released on October 20th 2025. It will be...
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Landscape Postcard series

Landscape Postcard series

September 30, 2025
Short films, only one or two minutes long, with fleetingly evocative soundtracks comprising sketched interludes and field recordings. A sketchbook,...
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Interview: Behind The Beat

Interview: Behind The Beat

June 10, 2025
Michael is the guest on episode 47 of the podcast, Behind The Beat. Interviewed by Tobias Fischer, Michael speaks at...
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Witness Engines, Youtube Channel

Witness Engines, Youtube Channel

May 14, 2025
Some sample video clips using the various software tools made to act as compositional aids and musical instruments have been...
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WITNESS ambient chamber works 2020-2024

WITNESS ambient chamber works 2020-2024

April 19, 2025
WITNESS: Ambient Chamber Works 2020 – 2024Release Date 19th May 2025Presale Open NOW Order CD now for May 19th release...
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Live at Cafe OTO. New Release

Live at Cafe OTO. New Release

February 3, 2025
https://omnempathy.bandcamp.com/album/michael-begg-live-at-cafe-oto Michael Begg. Solo set from ICR:35, Cafe Oto, London, September 30th 2016 From Cafe Oto listing:The celebration, ICR:35, features...
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Sea and Brittle Stars (Last Refuge)

Sea and Brittle Stars (Last Refuge)

December 10, 2024
Sea And Brittle Stars (Last Refuge) is a commission from "Submersive Atmospheres" a sci-art initiative of Helmholtz Institute for Functional...
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OUT OF WHOSE WOMB COMES THE ICE. Upcoming shows

OUT OF WHOSE WOMB COMES THE ICE. Upcoming shows

September 19, 2024
I'll be performing an edit of Out Of Whose Womb Comes the Ice with live accompanied film footage at Glasgow's...
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Earth’s Canvas: exploring geology in creativity

Earth’s Canvas: exploring geology in creativity

September 19, 2024
I presented a keynote address to a wonderful event, hosted by the Geological Society of London. Earth's Canvas brought earth...
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Out Of Whose Womb Comes The Ice

Out Of Whose Womb Comes The Ice

June 12, 2024
From January - March 2024 Michael was in Antarctica as the first Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute musician...
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Arctic Science Summit Week

Arctic Science Summit Week

March 28, 2024
The University of Edinburgh recently hosted the International Arctic Science Committee's Arctic Science Summit week. https://assw.info I gave a talk...
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Antarctica Residency

Antarctica Residency

October 24, 2023
I am excited to accept the position of Musician in Residence aboard HMS Protector in the upcoming Antarctic season. A...
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Live accompanied film of the 2024 Antarctic residency
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“Michael Begg is one of Scotland’s most innovative and emotionally affecting musicians. His work bridges science and art, classical and contemporary, breaking new ground while thrilling audiences.”

Alan Morrison, Head of Music, Creative Scotland

Michael Begg Mexico City 2018
About Michael Begg

Michael Begg is an award winning composer and sound artist, based in East Lothian, Scotland. He is an Associate Artist at The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, and has held residencies with the European Marine Board, Ocean ARTic Partnership, the Mexican Centre for Music and Sound Art, and Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute.


He won the New Music Scotland Award for Sound Art in 2018, for his site specific sound work, TITAN, a Cryptic commission for Sonica, located in the wheelhouse of Clydebank's iconic shipyard crane.




He is the musical director of Black Glass Ensemble. The Ensemble was featured in a two day showcase, Black Glass In Pieces, in the Made In Scotland showcase at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe.

“one of the most important experimental composers of our time”

CCD Radio, Mexico