Oliver Knussen
British composer and conductor (1952-2018)
Stuart Oliver Knussen CBE (12 June 1952 – 8 July 2018) was a Scottish composer and conductor. He was born in Glasgow. He was awarded CBE in the 1994 Birthday Honours.
Knussen was principal guest conductor of The Hague's Het Residentie Orkest (Residentie Orchestra) between 1992 and 1996, the Aldeburgh Festival's co-artistic director between 1983 and 1998 and the London Sinfonietta's music director between 1998 and 2002 – and became that ensemble's conductor laureate.
In 2005 Knussen was the music director of the Ojai Music Festival.
References change
- ↑ Faber Music. Retrieved 9 July 2018
Other websites change
- CompositionToday – Knussen article, review and interview
- Knussen biography at the website of his publisher Faber Music
- Birmingham Contemporary Music Group website
- Notes on Symphony No. 3 by Thomas May
- Two Interviews with Oliver Knussen by Bruce Duffie, December 17, 1988 & March 13, 1998
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