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English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist

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Michael Nyman is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, 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.

Known for

The Man Who Saw Too Much2015
Michael Nyman in Progress — Self2010
NYman with a Movie Camera2010
9 Songs — Himself (uncredited)2004
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali — The Pianist2002
I Sold My Cadillac to Diana Dors: The Edmundo Ros Story — Himself - Presenter2000
Desert Passion — Guard1993

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United Kingdom
Active from: 1944

Discography

Decay Music1976
'The Masterwork' Award Winning Fish-Knife1979
Michael Nyman1981
In Re Don Giovanni1982
The Draughtsman's Contract1982
A Zed and Two Noughts1985
The Kiss and Other Movements1987
Drowning by Numbers1988
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat1988
And Do They Do / Zoo Caprices1989

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Key facts

Born: ( 1944-03-23 ) March 23, 1944 (age 82) , Stratford, London , UK
Genres: Minimalism avant-garde experimental music
Website: www .michaelnyman .com

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Official website: www.michaelnyman.com
Image: Michael Nyman Sant Cugat.jpg

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Commons category: Michael Nyman
date of birth: 1944-03-23
start of work period: 1982-00-00
name in native language: Michael Laurence Nyman
number of viewers/listeners: 335346

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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. He has written a number of operas, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; Letters, Riddles and Writs; Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs; Facing Goya; Man and Boy: Dada; Love Counts; and Sparkie: Cage and Beyond. He has written six concerti, five string quartets, and many other chamber works, many for his Michael Nyman Band. He is also a performing pianist. Nyman prefers to write opera over other forms of music.

Early life and education