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Michael Nyman. Michael Laurence Nyman is an English composer, pianist, librettist and musicologist. He is known for his highly prolific collaborations with Peter Greenaway and Jane Campion. He is also highly revered for his opera compositions and chamber music. Michael Nyman was born in Stratford, London on March 23, 1944.
Michael Nyman on The Symphonies. ‘At the end of 2014 I decided to write a series of 17 or more symphonies, of which around12 are already completed, being worked on and recorded. Since around 1979 the Michael Nyman Band has always been my ‘travelling symphony orchestra’: the instrumentation is somewhat classical (strings, woodwind, brass ...
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 orchestral concertos. Far more than a composer, he's also a performer, conductor, bandleader, pianist, author, musicologist and now a photographer and film-maker. Subscribe to stay up to date with new releases ...
The Michael Nyman Band celebrate their 40th birthday throughout 2017; performing at many events and festivals.. Programmes will includes music from The Draughtsman’s Contract, Drowning By Numbers, Prospero’s Books and Memorial (the stunning climax to The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover), as well as Bird List Song from Peter Greenaway’s early experimental film The Falls, and ...
May 5, 2023 · About Michael Nyman. Born in London in 1944, Michael Nyman is one of the most prolific and versatile composers and keyboardists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He studied at King's College London and at the Royal Academy of Music, focusing on Baroque, but by the late 1960s he was moving toward contemporary music, writing the libretto ...
