biography
| name: |
Knussen, (Stuart) Oliver
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pronunciation:
[noosn]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1952– )
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| biography:
| Composer and conductor, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. He showed early flair for composition, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in his first symphony in 1968. Two other symphonies followed, together with numerous orchestral, chamber, and vocal works, and operas including Where the Wild Things Are, (1979–83). He became a co-director of the Aldeburgh Festival in 1983. |
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