Jonathan Impett studied at Goldsmith's College, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and City University, London. He completed a PhD at Cambridge, researching the nature of the relationship between the activities of composition and performance in the context of new technologies, and working with complex dynamical systems models for interactive music. Since September 2000 he has been a lecturer at the University of East Anglia. His compositions make extensive use of improvisation, real-time composition and sound-processing, and interactive techniques. They have been performed at the Venice Biennale, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and for the BBC, and he was awarded a Prix Ars Electronica in 1994.

As a trumpet-player, Jonathan Impett has given premieres of solo works by composers such as Berio, Finnissy, Harvey and Scelsi, including performances at the BBC Proms and IRCAM Paris, and has developed a computer-extended "meta-trumpet". He also plays the baroque trumpet and cornetto, and is a member of The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. He is a member of the Arts Council of England Music Panel, and of the editorial board of Leonardo Music Journal.

Presentations, seminars and workshops

City University, Dartington International Summer School, Goldsmith's College, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, ICA London, Institute of Sonology Den Haag, IRCAM, Biennale di Venezia, Metronom Barcelona, Royal College of Music, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Tempo Reale Florence, Trinity College of Music, University of Cambridge, Universita di Padova, University of Edinburgh.

Performance

• Premières of solo trumpet works by Berio, Finnissy, Harvey, Scelsi, Subotnick. Solo performances at BBC Proms, IRCAM, ISCM World Music Days.
• Director of electro-acoustic ensemble Metanoia (1985-1996), including BBC recordings, South Bank, Contemporary Music Network, SPNM/Sonic Arts events, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, international festivals, tours and radio.
• Improvised music: Meta-orchestra, Jazz Composers Orchestra. Ubiquity Orchestra. Duo performances with John Tilbury, Frances-Marie Uitti, Evan Parker. London Improvised Music Festival. LMC.
• Historical performance: Recitals with Emma Kirkby/London Baroque. Academy of Ancient Music, English Concert, La Chapelle Royale, New London Consort, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
• Member of The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.
• CD recordings, including complete works of Bach, cycles of Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann.
• Solo recordings: "Trumpet Collection" (Amon Ra - historical instruments). Vivaldi Concertos (EMI). "Ladder of Escape" (Attacca Amsterdam) - works by Berio, Finnissy, Harvey, Impett, Scelsi, Wolpe).

Composition

Selected works:

• 1985 Tricycle (ensemble) Purcell Room, London.
• 1987 Double Canzona (ensemble and live electronics) BRT Belgium, NOS Netherlands; Swedish Radio; Holland Festival, Amsterdam; Kulturhuset, Stockholm; St.Johns Smith Sq., London.
• 1988 Cassation (ensemble) Purcell Room, London; BBC.
• 1988 ... a lake-surrounded flute (flute, piano and tape) Purcell Room, London. RAM commission.
• 1989 Ghandarva (ensemble and live electronics) Contemporary Music Network tour; Queen Elizabeth Hall, London; BBC.
• 1989 Shells (solo instrument and computer) Biennale di Venezia; St. Johns Smith Sq., London. Biennale commission.
• 1994 Mirror-Rite (meta-trumpet and computer) Prix Ars Electronica, Austria; broadcast in all EBU member countries; Sonic Acts,Amsterdam; Tempo Reale, Florence.
• 1996 Within Asony (ensemble of interactive computer instruments) Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Berlin New Music Days.
• 1998 Inside Drum (solo instrument and computer) ICA, London; Unknown Public, London; Metronom festival, Barcelona.
• 2003 Tilt/Silent (solo instrument and computer) London, Goldsmiths College; Tippet Centre, Bath; Centro d'Arte, Padova.
• 2004 Wind (wind 5tet and computers) New London Chamber Ensemble.
• 2005 New multi-venue work for Meta-orchestra.