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Michael Nyman
Writing movie soundtracks and operas while a performing artist in his own right,
Michael Nyman's wide-ranging talents have not only made him one of Britain's
most admired and prolific talents, but one of the most popular too. His
collaborations with film-maker Peter Greenaway have been particularly successful
and his soundtrack music to the movie The Piano is a modern best-seller. From a
Jewish family growing up in the East End of London, Nyman studied under Alan
Bush and Thurston Dart and in 1961 specialised in piano and 17th Century baroque
music at the Royal Academy of Music i...
