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Originally from London, Victoria is a highly unique film & TV composer, Multi-Instrumentalist and Music Producer who’s carved out a fresh and cutting-edge experimental style across her wide range of work.
Victoria won Best Composer at the Underwire Film Festival in 2011 for her work on “First Bite,” leading to her scoring the feature film “The Liability” in 2012. Victoria received an Emerging Excellence Fund from Help Musicians UK in 2014, which helped her collaborate with the Bergersen String Quartet on “Siren.”
She participated in Berlinale Talents 2015, leading to work on “Hong Kong Roof Top Rebels” (2016) for Al Jazeera Media Network. Her score for “Missed Conceptions” was featured at BFI Flare 2018, and her work on Tina Pastor’s “I Choose” earned a Best Short Film nomination at the BAFTA Cymru Awards 2021. Victoria holds an MSc in Composition for Screen from the University of Edinburgh (2017-2019) and is a member of BAFTA Connect.
In March 2024, Victoria attended Chris Difford’s prestigious songwriting camp, supported by Help Musicians UK. She has also assisted composers like Arthur Sharpe on the award-winning score for “The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies” and participated in an exclusive music editing workshop at Netflix London in June 2024 led by accomplished music editor John Warhurst.
Victoria’s music spans post-rock and electronic genres, with her composition “DEATH NATURE” premiering at Aesthetica Film Festival in 2020. In August 2021, she was invited to the Wild Plum Arts residency at The Red House, where she began work on her debut EP “Graces & Muses.” She is now currently working on her debut album, further expanding her artistic reach and musical expression.
Contact:
wijeratne@hotmail.co.uk
Press
Fifteen Questions Interview with Victoria Wijeratne
Otherness as a Creative Power
Weekly Listening: February 2023 #1
Various Small Flames
“Attempting to cover so many moods and styles within four songs might prove the downfall of less assured artists, but here the changeable tone only furthers the thematic resonance of a release crafted around ideas of inspiration and intuition.”
Singles & EPs Round Up – FEBRUARY 4TH, 2023
THE SLOW MUSIC MOVEMENT
“…spoken word & ambient pop worlds effortlessly, gracefully & with stunning attention to sonic detail.”
Video Premiere: Victoria Wijeratne “Graces & Muses”
Foxy Digitalis