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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.
Jul 3, 2014 · Michael Nyman on his Hillsborough Memorial: 'It can only have an emotional purpose'. The uncompromising composer talks about how his popular success means he is still an outsider, and how the...
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Michael Nyman. Follow Artist +. Minimalist composer of opera, ballet, chamber music, and more best known for his film score for The Pianist (1992) and related piano concerto. Read Full Biography. Overview.
Michael Nyman combines Western classical music with the high-octane energy and propulsion of rock and pulse-based minimalism. As we look ahead to the composer's 80th birthday in 2024, discover the variety of Michael Nyman's music with a new profile by musicologist and composer Pwyll ap Siôn.
Apr 30, 2014 · Michael Nyman: five of the best. Nyman, 70 this year, is a composer whose popular success and accessibility has never come at the expense of his constant experimentalism. Tom Service...
Jan 15, 2016 · Born in Stratford, London in 1944, Michael Nyman has carved out a lengthy career as one of Britain’s most innovative and celebrated composers. After pursuing a formal classical education at the Royal Academy of Music, he spent time as a critic and musicologist coining the term “minimalism.”
Aug 20, 2020 · LISTEN TO MICHAEL NYMAN. ADVERTISEMENT. Michael Nyman is a British film composer from Stratford, London who's composed scores for films like The Piano and Gattaca.