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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

commissioned, including from composers Richard Ayres, Harrison Birtwistle, Oliver Knussen and Anna Meredith. Repertoire opera productions included The Rape of...

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

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

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...

been performed by many notable conductors such as: Sir Mark Elder, Oliver Knussen, Daniel Harding, and Jac van Steen. Charlotte Bray was born in Oxford...

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;...

other conductors, including Matthias Bamert, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Oliver Knussen and José Serebrier. Although Ravel's version is most often performed...

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...

Interplay, to music by Morton Gould, 1945 In the Mi(d)st, to music by Oliver Knussen, 2002 In the Night, to music by Frédéric Chopin, 1970 In Vento, Bruno...

Center for Contemporary Composition. Thomas studied composition with Oliver Knussen at Tanglewood Music Center; Jacob Druckman at Yale University; Alan...

Originals) Best Contemporary Composition Elliott Carter (composer), Oliver Knussen (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Violin Concerto Best...

(born 1951) Cecilia McDowall (born 1951) Judith Bingham (born 1952) Oliver Knussen (1952–2018) Dominic Muldowney (born 1952) Patrick Doyle (born 1953)...

UK presents "Klang: A Tribute to Stockhausen", a festival curated by Oliver Knussen, with a series of concerts focusing on works from the composer's last...

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...

Jansch David Knopfler of Dire Straits Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits Oliver Knussen – composer and conductor Kode9 Jim Kerr of Simple Minds Laki Mera Jeanie...

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...

Boulez, Sir Andrew Davis, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph von Dohnányi, Oliver Knussen and Simon Rattle, violinist Christian Tetzlaff, the soloist in the world...