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George Benjamin
Sign in to saveAlso known as George William John Benjamin, Sir George William John Benjamin
British composer, conductor, pianist and teacher
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Dream of the Song
- Recit de Tierce en Taille
- Ecrire un Opera Au XXIe Siecle. - la Demarche Sensitive de George Benjamin
- Viagra
- Concerto for Orchestra
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1913-11-22
- Active to
- 1976-12-04
Discography
- Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes / Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra1955
- Carnival of the Animals/The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra1962
- Serge Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Benjamin Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra1962
- Twentieth Century Church Music1963
- War Requiem1963
- Copland: The Red Pony & Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 201964
- Rejoice in the Lamb / Missa brevis / A Ceremony of Carols1965
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream1966
- Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34 / Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, Op. 101967
- Songs & Proverbs of William Blake - The Holy Sonnets of John Donne1969
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,436
- Total plays
- 39,427
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George Benjamin (born January 31, 1960, London, England) is a British composer of classical music. He is also a conductor, pianist and teacher. Benjamin attended Westminster School and then studied with Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire during the second half of the 1970s. Messiaen himself was reported to have described Benjamin as his favourite pupil. He then read music at King's College, Cambridge, studying under Alexander Goehr, and emerged in his early twenties as a mature and c
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Benjamin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- musician
- Employer
- King's College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Robin Holloway
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of birth
- 1960-01-31
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- name in native language
- George Benjamin
- Commons category
- George Benjamin
- P12674
- Hanne Hiob
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Available in 14 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 日本語
- Русский
- Italiano
- العربية
- Catalan
- Egyptian Arabic
- Hebrew
- Nederlands
- simple
- Western Frisian
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