Michael Nyman

Michael Laurence Edward Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944, Stratford, London) is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, perhaps best known for the many movie scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano. His operas include The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Letters, Riddles and Writs, Noises, Sounds... more

Date of birth:

  • Mar 23, 1944 (age 65 years)

Place of birth:

Instruments Played:

Also known as:

  • Micheal Nyman,
  • Michael Nymans,
  • Nyman, Michael,
  • Nyman,
  • Michael Nymann,
  • Michel Nyman
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