Winner of the UK Critics’ Circle Young Artist Award 2021 for his “compelling and individual” works, Alex is a British-Chinese composer whose music and stage works have been described as “insidiously bold” (Opera Magazine) and “menacing and poetic” (The Guardian). Resident composer at Glyndebourne Opera (2023–26), his music theatre piece Untold premiered at Concertgebouw Brugge and O. Festival Rotterdam in 2023, winning the FEDORA Opera Prize for a “bold and moving creation.”