Nigel Osborne
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Nigel Osborne MBE (born June 23, 1948 in Manchester ) is an English composer .
Life
Osborne studied composition at the University of Edinburgh , among others . His lecturers were Kenneth Leighton , Egon Wellesz and Witold Rudziński .
Nigel Osborne's works have been or are played by numerous internationally renowned ensembles and orchestras , such as the Berlin Symphony Orchestra , the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra .
He has won a number of awards such as the Opera Prize from Radio Suisse Romande and the City of Geneva or the Koussevitzky Award from the Library of Congress in Washington, DC . Osborne also advocates the use of music therapy for the rehabilitation of trauma patients , especially children in war and crisis regions .
He was Reid Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh until 2012 , but also teaches at other universities such as the University of Music and Theater in Hanover .
Works
Operas :
- "Hell's Angels", chamber opera in two acts , 1986
- "The Electrification of the Soviet Union" ( German: The Electrification of the Soviet Union ), opera in two acts, 1987
- “Terrible Mouth”, opera in one act, 1992
He is also the composer of numerous pieces of music for solo instruments , chamber ensembles , orchestras and vocals .
Web links
- webarchive ( Memento of March 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Nigel Osborne on the homepage of the University of Edinburgh, in English
Individual evidence
- ^ Scottish Arts Council
- ^ The Guardian-Online, October 1, 2008
- ^ Zeit-Online, an article from DIE ZEIT from 1999
- ↑ Mozart & Science ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ operone.de
- ↑ Universaledition.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Osborne, Nigel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester |