Stuart Oliver Knussen CBE (12 June 1952 – 8 July 2018) was a British composer of contemporary classical music and conductor. Among the most influential...
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"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...
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Where the Wild Things Are (opera) (category Operas by Oliver Knussen)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Anderson [pupils] Simon Bainbridge [pupils] Gary Carpenter David Fanshawe Oliver Knussen [pupils] Jonathan Lloyd Ian McQueen Carlos Miranda Barrington Pheloung...
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Danish footballer Oliver Knight (born 1969), British singer-songwriter Oliver Knight (cyclist) (born 2001), British cyclist Oliver Knussen (1952–2018), English...
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since 2000. Composers have also written concertos in the 21st century. Oliver Knussen's Violin Concerto, Op. 30, written for Pinchas Zukerman, premièred in...
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Silence, 5. Knussen, Oliver, Liner notes to Takemitsu: Quotation of Dream, performed by Paul Crossley/Peter Serkin/London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen, Deutsche...
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championing new compositions,[citation needed] including works by John Adams, Oliver Knussen, Thomas Adès and Luca Francesconi. In 2008–09 she performed the world...
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73 2 July - Alan Longmuir, bassist (Bay City Rollers), 70 8 July – Oliver Knussen, classical composer, 66 9 August – Arthur Davies, operatic tenor, 77...
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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...
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Rostropovich, Murray Perahia, Simon Rattle, John Shirley-Quirk and Oliver Knussen. From the beginning, the Festivals were characterised by an eclectic...
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commissioned, including from composers Richard Ayres, Harrison Birtwistle, Oliver Knussen and Anna Meredith. Repertoire opera productions included The Rape of...
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has made many recordings with guest conductors Vladimir Ashkenazy, Oliver Knussen, Kurt Sanderling, Yoel Levi, Riccardo Chailly, George Benjamin, Roberto...
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Deutsche Grammophon include Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sofia Gubaidulina, Oliver Knussen, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Mohammed Fairouz, Péter Eötvös, Luigi Nono, Sven...
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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...
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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...
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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;...
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other conductors, including Matthias Bamert, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Oliver Knussen and José Serebrier. Although Ravel's version is most often performed...
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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...
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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...
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Center for Contemporary Composition. Thomas studied composition with Oliver Knussen at Tanglewood Music Center; Jacob Druckman at Yale University; Alan...
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Originals) Best Contemporary Composition Elliott Carter (composer), Oliver Knussen (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Violin Concerto Best...
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(born 1951) Cecilia McDowall (born 1951) Judith Bingham (born 1952) Oliver Knussen (1952–2018) Dominic Muldowney (born 1952) Patrick Doyle (born 1953)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Boulez, Sir Andrew Davis, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph von Dohnányi, Oliver Knussen and Simon Rattle, violinist Christian Tetzlaff, the soloist in the world...
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