AN EVENING WITH MICHAEL NYMAN

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As one of Britain's most innovative & celebrated composers, Michael Nyman's work encompasses operas & string quartets, film soundtracks & orchestral concertos. Far more than merely a composer, he's also a performer, conductor, bandleader, pianist, author, musicologist & now a photographer & film-maker. Although he's far too modest to allow the description ' Renaissance Man', his restless creativity & multi-faceted art has made him one of the most fascinating & influential cultural icons of our times. For more than 30 years, he had also enjoyed a highly successful career as a film composer, the role in which
- sometimes to his slightly rueful regret
- he is probably best known by the general public.

His most notable scores number a dozen Peter Greenaway films, including such classics as The Draughtsman's Contract & The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover; Neil Jordan's The End Of The Affair; several Michael Winterbottom features including Wonderl&, A Cock & Bull Story, & The Trip; the Hollywood blockbuster Gattaca
- &, of course, his unforgettable music for Jane Campion's 1993 film, The Piano, the soundtrack album of which has sold more than three million copies. He also co-wrote the score for the 1999 film Ravenous with his friend & sometime protégé, Damon Albarn.

More recently, his music was used in the 2009 BAFTA award winning & Oscar nominated film, Man on Wire. Also, his score for the film Erasing David earned praise & won an award for Best Original Soundtrack at London’s East End Film Festival in 2009. This show at Islington Assembly Hall is a fantastic chance to see Michael Nyman in a uniquely close up & personal setting playing solo piano with film.


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