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Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film scores (many written during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway ), and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion 's The Piano.
Michael Nyman's Official YouTube channel. As one of Britain's most innovative and celebrated composers, Michael Nyman's work encompasses operas and string quartets, film soundtracks and...
As one of Britain's most innovative and celebrated composers, Michael Nyman's work encompasses operas and string quartets, film soundtracks and orchestral concertos. He is a performer, conductor, bandleader, pianist, author, musicologist and now a photographer and film-maker.
Michael Nyman. Composer: The Piano. Michael Nyman studied piano, harpsichord and music history with Alan Bush at the Royal Academy of Music, and musicology with Thurston Dart at King's College, London. Between 1968 and 1978 he worked as a music critic and in 1977 he founded the Campiello Band, later renamed the Michael Nyman Band.
Michael Nyman (born 1944) is one of the most famous and successful film music composers of our time. His music, although inextricably connected with the visu...
Since around 1979 the Michael Nyman Band has always been my ‘travelling symphony orchestra’: the instrumentation is somewhat classical (strings, woodwind, brass - with a piano/bass guitar ‘rhythm section’), volume is given through amplification.
Michael Nyman’s score for Jane Campion’s 1993 film The Piano is one of the most successful film soundtracks of all time. The film itself won the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival in 1993 and went on to win several Oscars at the 1994 Academy Awards.
He’s had film score successes galore and his style is both inventive and distinctive. So why, asks Nick Shave, does Michael Nyman often find himself deserted by the tide of musical opinion?
Mar 30, 2014 · Michael Nyman artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music.
Aug 19, 2021 · The Piano soundtrack is by English minimalist composer Michael Nyman, who wrote a fittingly captivating and affecting score for the film. The main theme, which is evocatively titled ‘The Heart Asks Pleasure First’, is especially memorable and enchanting.
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