Stuart Oliver Knussen CBE (12 June 1952 – 8 July 2018) was a British composer of contemporary classical music and conductor. Among the most influential...

"grotesques". When working on the 1983 opera adaptation of the book with Oliver Knussen, Sendak gave the monsters the names of his relatives: Tzippy, Moishe...

Anderson [pupils] Simon Bainbridge [pupils] Gary Carpenter David Fanshawe Oliver Knussen [pupils] Jonathan Lloyd Ian McQueen Carlos Miranda Barrington Pheloung...

Asko Ensemble and the Ensemble Modern, often under the direction of Oliver Knussen, who was, until his death in 2018, a regular collaborator and advocate...

nine scenes, by Oliver Knussen to a libretto by Maurice Sendak, based on Sendak's own 1963 children's book of the same title. Knussen composed the music...

Silence, 5. Knussen, Oliver, Liner notes to Takemitsu: Quotation of Dream, performed by Paul Crossley/Peter Serkin/London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen, Deutsche...

championing new compositions,[citation needed] including works by John Adams, Oliver Knussen, Thomas Adès, and Luca Francesconi. In 2008–09 she performed the world...

Peter Maxwell Davies and at Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Oliver Knussen. In 1986 Vir was a composition fellow at Tanglewood. The following year...

Danish footballer Oliver Knight (born 1969), British singer-songwriter Oliver Knight (cyclist) (born 2001), British cyclist Oliver Knussen (1952–2018), English...

since 2000. Composers have also written concertos in the 21st century. Oliver Knussen's Violin Concerto, Op. 30, written for Pinchas Zukerman, premièred in...

In 2012, the Festival's Artist in Residence was composer-conductor Oliver Knussen, a former artistic director of the Festival, and featured works by Helmut...

first performed by its dedicatees, the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Oliver Knussen, in March 1992, and repeated at the 1992 Proms. It was recorded in 1994...

Songs I and II. Other works from this decade include Cyclops 2000 for Oliver Knussen and the London Sinfonietta; Ashberyana, settings of poetry by John Ashbery;...

73 2 July - Alan Longmuir, bassist (Bay City Rollers), 70 8 July – Oliver Knussen, classical composer, 66 9 August – Arthur Davies, operatic tenor, 77...

BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Knussen, for the composer's 100th birthday. In 2009, he performed Knussen's Horn Concerto with the BBC Symphony...

Cecilia (Warner Classics, 2013) Britten: The Rape of Lucretia with Oliver Knussen (EMI Classics, 2013) Britten Songs with Antonio Pappano and Xuefei Yang...

Stenz served as music director from 1994 to 1998; he was succeeded by Oliver Knussen from 1998 to 2002. Following 10 years as the ensemble's Education Officer...

Leigh Melrose and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Oliver Knussen. Figment V for marimba was premiered in New York on May 2, 2009, by...

2, The Chimes, by Rodion Shchedrin (1968) Concerto for Orchestra by Oliver Knussen (1969) Concerto for Orchestra, by Elliott Carter (1969) Concerto for...

Rostropovich, Murray Perahia, Simon Rattle, John Shirley-Quirk and Oliver Knussen. From the beginning, the Festivals were characterised by an eclectic...

Swack, Ralph Patt, John Ferritto, Mohammed Fairouz, Gitta Steiner, Oliver Knussen, Nancy Zeltsman, Riccardo Dalli Cardillo and hundreds of others. See:...

soloist Steven Isserlis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Oliver Knussen. It was shortlisted for the 1992 Mercury Prize, one of only a tiny handful...

has made many recordings with guest conductors Vladimir Ashkenazy, Oliver Knussen, Kurt Sanderling, Yoel Levi, Riccardo Chailly, George Benjamin, Roberto...

Michael Tilson Thomas (=Mi Ti Ti), used by Oliver Knussen in Flourish with fireworks. Thomas commissioned Knussen for the opening concert of his first season...

the younger generation of English composers to whom, in the words of Oliver Knussen, he became "a phenomenal father-figure". Brett believes that he affected...

performances of Oliver Knussen's one act fantasy opera Where the Wild Things Are, based on Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book of the same title. Knussen composed...

may also refer to: Where the Wild Things Are (opera), a 1980 opera by Oliver Knussen Where the Wild Things Are (film), a 2009 film directed by Spike Jonze...

Deutsche Grammophon include Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sofia Gubaidulina, Oliver Knussen, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Mohammed Fairouz, Péter Eötvös, Luigi Nono, Sven...

Cambridge University and premiered at the Barbican Hall in London under Oliver Knussen. The work is scored for a chamber ensemble of 14 players, which consists...

such as Reger, Berg, Webern, Schoenberg, Hans Werner Henze, Takemitsu, Oliver Knussen, Peter Lieberson and Stefan Wolpe. A recording of Messiaen's Vingt Regards...