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George Benjamin

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Also known as George William John Benjamin, Sir George William John Benjamin

British composer, conductor, pianist and teacher

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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
20th centurybritishbritish composerclassicalcomposerconductor

Discography

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Total plays
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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

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    · 1997 · cited 47,808x

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1960-01-31
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1960 births20th-century English classical composers20th-century English conductors (music)20th-century English male composers21st-century English classical composers21st-century English classical pianists21st-century English conductors (music)21st-century English male composers21st-century male pianistsAcademics of King's College LondonAcademics of the Royal College of MusicAlumni of King's College, CambridgeChevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des LettresCommanders of the Order of the British EmpireComposers awarded knighthoodsComposers from LondonConservatoire de Paris alumniEnglish expatriates in FranceEnglish LGBTQ composersEnglish male classical pianistsEnglish male conductors (music)English male opera composersEnglish opera composersFellows of King's College London