Debbie Wiseman

One of the UK's most successful female music ambassadors, Debbie is in demand as a composer and conductor. Over the past 25 years, there are probably few people in the UK who have not heard one of Debbie's film or television scores. Whether watching Stephen Fry bring Oscar Wilde to life on the big screen, hearing the latest political commentary on a Sunday morning with Andrew Marr, revelling in the Tudor world of Thomas Cromwell in "Wolf Hall" or marvelling as Mark Williams's Father Brown solves another audiences have revelled in Debbie's iconic themes of beauty and passion, love and laughter. Debbie has won a TRIC Award for THE GOOD GUYS and an RTS Award for WARRIORS, and has been nominated for two Ivor Novello Awards for WILDE and DEATH OF YUGOSLAVIA. In 2016 she was awarded the Best Composer, Drama award for WOLF HALL at the RTS West Awards. She has appeared as Kirsty Young's castaway on Desert Island Discs, and as an expert guest on the TV broadcasts of The Proms. She has presented two series of Sounds And Sweet Airs - an exploration of the history of female composers - on Classic FM. Debbie was one of 11 composers chosen to write "New Water Music" for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant in 2012. She was also commissioned to compose the Overture and Finale music for the Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration in May 2016 and is the appointed composer of The Pageant at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Debbie is currently Classic FM's Composer in Residence. Her most recent album The Glorious Garden, a collaboration with Alan Titchmarsh, spent three weeks at number 1 in the UK Classical chart. Debbie was commissioned to compose the signature music for Viking Cruises in 2016, and in March 2017 she was made Godmother to their river ship Viking Herja. In the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2018 Debbie was appointed OBE for services to music. In April 2019 Debbie accepted the post of President of Making Music - the first female President in the charity's history - and she is Patron of Soundabout, the charity which has pioneered the use of music, rhythm and sound to give disabled children a voice and a way to express themselves. Debbie's most recent release - THE MYTHOS SUITE - a collaboration with Stephen Fry, was recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the National Symphony Orchestra and released by Decca Records in February 2020, achieving #1 in the UK Classical Music Charts.