Graham Waterhouse

Graham Waterhouse
Portrait, 2011
Born	(1962-11-02) 2 November 1962 (age 54) London, England
Residence	Munich, Germany
Education	Highgate School Cambridge University Folkwang Hochschule Hochschule für Musik Köln
Occupation	Composer of chamber music Cellist
Years active	1978 (1978)–present
Notable work	Cello Concerto (1990) Chieftain's Salute (2001) Gestural Variations (1997) Der Handschuh (2005)
Parent(s)	William Waterhouse
Website	arbc.de/Waterhouse
Waterhouse's voice recorded March 2015

Graham Waterhouse (born 2 November 1962) is an English composer and a cellist. He is known for chamber music and for unusual scoring, such as Bright Angel for three bassoons and contrabassoon, Chieftain's Salute for Great Highland Bagpipe and string orchestra, and works for speaking voice and cello, such as Der Handschuh. For his own instrument, he composed a cello concerto and Three Pieces for Solo Cello. He wrote string quartets and compositions which juxtapose it with a solo instrument, including Piccolo Quintet, Bassoon Quintet and Rhapsodie Macabre.

Graham Waterhouse was born in London, the son of the noted bassoonist and musicologist William Waterhouse. He attended Highgate School and studied music at the University of Cambridge (composition with Hugh Wood and Robin Holloway), and in Germany at the Folkwang Hochschule (cello with Young-Chang Cho) and Hochschule für Musik Köln (cello, with Maria Kliegel, conducting and piano). He has lived in Munich since 1992.