My friend and colleague Alastair Putt, who has died aged 39, was a highly accomplished and respected composer, singer and guitarist. He performed internationally with many leading vocal ensembles, and his compositions were played widely, including at the BBC Proms.
Alastair was born in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London, to Tony, a civil engineer for Kensington and Chelsea borough, and Sue (nee Turner), a bilingual secretary. He attended Tiffin school in Kingston upon Thames before studying music at New College, Oxford, singing as a choral scholar under Edward Higginbottom and establishing himself as a versatile performer. After graduating with a first, he moved to London and worked as a tenor and guitarist, singing regularly with the BBC Singers and the vocal ensemble Exaudi.
