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Oliver Knussen (*1952) He was born in Glasgow. Knussen grew up near London, where his father was principal double bass of the London Symphony Orchestra for many years. It was with the LSO that he made his debut in April 1968, conducting his First Symphony in London and in Carnegie Hall, New York. Oliver Knussen attended the Purcell School, and studied composition initially with John Lambert. In 1970 he was awarded the first of three fellowships to Tanglewood, where he studied with Gunther Schuller, and for the next few years divided his time between England and the USA. During this time he completed several works which were subsequently widely performed on both sides of the Atlantic and established his early reputation, notably Hums and Songs of Winnie-the-Pooh (1970) the Second Symphony (Margaret Grant Prize, Tanglewood 1971), Océan de Terre (1972-3), and Ophelia Dances (Koussevitzky centennial commission, 1975).
In 1975 Knussen returned permanently to the UK and the appearance of subsequent works, notably Coursing (1979) and the Third Symphony (1973-9) placed him in the forefront of contemporary British music. This latter work enjoyed a striking international success in the wake of its 1979 Proms premiere under dedicatee Michael Tilson Thomas, and after close to 100 performances is now regarded as a classic work of its period. The 1980s were largely devoted to the operatic double-bill written in collaboration with Maurice Sendak and produced by Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Where the Wild Things Are (l979-83) and Higglety Pigglety Pop! (1984-5, revised 1999). Wild Things, since its London premiere in the National Theatre by Glyndebourne and the London Sinfonietta, has regularly received productions in many parts of Europe and the United States as well as numerous concert presentations, and has been commercially recorded for video and twice on CD. From l983 till 1998, Knussen was an Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival, and between 1986 and 1993 he headed contemporary music activities at the Tanglewood Music Center. In 1990-92 he held the Elise L. Stoeger Composer's Chair with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and in 1992, in collaboration with Colin Matthews, established the Contemporary Composition and Performance courses at the Britten-Pears School in Snape.
During this period, Knussen also established a major reputation as a conductor, initially through appearances with the London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, CBSO, Philharmonia and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He has subsequently guest-conducted in many parts of the world, including in the USA with the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony and New World Symphony; in Canada with the Toronto Symphony and National Arts Centre Orchestra; in Holland with the Asko and Schoenberg Ensembles, Concertgebouw and Residentie Orchestras; in Germany with Ensemble Modern, the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus and Cologne Gurzenich Orchestras; with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Avanti!; and numerous appearances in Japan at Music Today, Suntory Hall and Tokyo Opera City. As a conductor he has recorded more than thirty CDs of contemporary music, several of which have won international awards.
Several of Oliver Knussen's later works have quickly established themselves in the repertory: Flourish with Fireworks (1988), The Way to Castle Yonder (1988-90), Songs without Voices (1992), Two Organa (1994), the Horn Concerto (1994) and most recently the Violin Concerto (2002) which has already received more than 50 performances worldwide. Recent and forthcoming works include Cleveland Pictures for orchestra (2003-), Ophelia's Last Dance for piano (2004-) and Requiem-Songs for Sue for soprano and chamber orchestra (2005-6). After many years of close collaboration with the London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen became Music Director in 1998, and in 2002 was made Conductor Laureate. In 2006 he was appointed Artist in Association with the BCMG. Among his many awards are Honorary Memberships of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Royal Philharmonic Society, an Honorary Doctorate from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and the 2004 Association of British Orchestras Award. In 2006 he was named the second recipient of the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize from Northwestern University, USA. He became a CBE in the 1994 Birthday Honours.
Faber
Where the Wild Things Are, ópera fantástica en nueve escenas (l979-1983). Comienzo.
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More To Life, ópera fantástica en tres partes (1984-1985, rev. 1999). Comienzo.
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