Anthony Ritchie

Anthony Ritchie
Anthony Ritchie 2017
Born1960
Christchurch
NationalityNew Zealand
Occupation(s)Composer, university professor
Websitehttp://www.anthonyritchie.co.nz/index.html

Anthony Damian Ritchie (born 18 September 1960) is a New Zealand composer and academic. He has been a freelance composer accepting commissions for works and in 2018 he became professor of composition at The University of Otago after 18 years of teaching composition. Since 2020 he has been head of Otago's School of Performing Arts, a three-year position. His works number over two hundred, and include symphonies, operas, concertos, choral works, chamber music and solo works.