Robert Dickinson is a British composer whose work has moved between the experimental and the sacred. In the mid-1970s, he studied with Dieter Salbert in Bayreuth and became involved in exploratory music and performance with Normedia, Option Band, and eMusic. During this time, he realised works by Gavin Bryars, Jean-Yves Bosseur, and Pierre Mariétan, and collaborated with Cabaret Voltaire and Magazine. He was a founder member of The Passage.

His later projects included postminimalist works for gallery settings and large-scale community performances with mime artist Rowan Tolley, a student of Marcel Marceau. In the 1990s, his attention turned to the connection between music, place, and myth, leading to research for a book titled Music and the Earth Spirit.

Since the 2000s, his music has grown more contemplative, shaped by collaborations with visual artists and a deepening sense of the sacred. Shifting towards a post-classical and post-expressionist style, he now works with both traditional and textual notations. His compositions have been performed in the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, South Africa, and Canada.