Michael Nyman

Michael Laurence 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...

Date of birth:

  • Mar 23, 1944

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Also known as:

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