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Composer

Dionissis Tsaknis Facts

Howard Goodall Facts

Howard Lindsay Goodall CBE (/ˈɡʊdˌɔːl/; born 26 May 1958) is an English composer of musicals, choral music and music for television. He also presents music-based programming for television and radio, for which he has won many awards. In May 200

Jules Jordan Facts

Julius “Jules” Jordan (November 10, 1850 – March 5, 1927) was an American composer, operatic tenor, vocal instructor and conductor.

Michael Joseph Smith Facts

Michael Joseph Smith is an American jazz and American classical composer and pianist born in Tiline, Kentucky. He has worked extensively in Europe and Asia and he resides in Sweden. At the age of 6 years, he gave his first concert of original solo pi

Ádám Horgas Facts

Kay Swift Facts

Katharine Faulkner “Kay” Swift (April 19, 1897 – January 28, 1993) was an American composer of popular and classical music, the first woman to completely score a hit musical. Written in 1930, Fine and Dandy includes some of her best known songs; th

Jeff Wayne Facts

Jeffry “Jeff” Wayne (July 1, 1943) is an American musician. In 1978 he released Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, his musical adaptation of H. G. Wells’ science-fiction novel The War of the Worlds. Wayne wrote approximately 3,000

Daryl Hayott Facts

Daryl Hayott (b. 5 November in São Paulo, Brazil), is an artist and musician who easily plays multiple instruments. He is a drummer, bassist, percussionist, keyboardist and a trumpet player.

György Ligeti Facts

György Sándor Ligeti (Hungarian: Ligeti György Sándor 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as “one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth cen

David Newman Facts

Ezio Bosso Facts

Ezio Bosso is a pianist, orchestra leader internationally renowned. He is 44 years old and is from Turin. He learned to read music before learning to write, and by the age of 4 years he was already playing piano. As a kid, for three years, he was bas

Lars Hollmer Facts

Lars Gustav Gabriel Hollmer (21 July 1948 – 25 December 2008) was a Swedish accordionist, keyboardist and composer, whose work drew on music ranging from Nordic folk tunes to progressive rock. He has been a member and/or founder of over half a doze