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Michael Nyman is a composer, pianist, librettist, writer, musicologist, photographer and film-maker whose work encompasses opera, concert music and film soundtracks of which The Draughtsman's Contract and The Piano are the best-known.

Michael Nyman (born 23rd March, 1944 in Stratford, London) is an English composer, pianist, conductor, author, musicologist, photographer and film maker. He composes minimalist music and is known for his film scores, especially for the films of Peter Greenaway and Jane Campion , and he has also written chamber music for different ensembles ...

Michael Nyman has made a career by being on the leading edge of marketing trends. With this latest venture, Acceleration Community of Companies, Nyman is developing a new go-to market business approach with a series of strategic and complementary acquisitions, along with a Brand Advisory unit, aimed at providing a grouping of resources not currently found in the marketplace.

Michael Nyman is perhaps one of the most widely recognised avant garde composers to come out of Britain. He is known as one of the key exponents of the minimalist musical aesthetic in the UK and Europe, drawing influence from American ‘major minimalist’ composers of the 1960s including La Monte Young, Steve Reich, Terry Riley and Philip Glass.