Oliver Knussen | |
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 Knussen in 2008 conducting the Orchestra Mozart | |
| Born | Stuart Oliver Knussen 12 June 1952 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 8 July 2018 (aged 66) Snape, Suffolk, England |
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| Works | List of compositions |
Stuart Oliver Knussen CBE (12 June 1952 – 8 July 2018) was a British composer of contemporary classical music and conductor. Among the most influential British composers of his generation, his relatively few compositions are "rooted in 20th-century modernism, [but] beholden to no school but his own" [1]
- ^ Cooper, Michael (9 July 2018). "Oliver Knussen, 'Where the Wild Things Are' Composer, Dies at 66". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.