Oliver Knussen
British composer and conductor (1952-2018) · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Died at 66
Stuart Oliver Knussen 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"
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2018Died8 July 20182015The Queen's Medal for MusicAward2010Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Conductor)Award2006Nemmers Prize in Music CompositionAward1993Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition)Award1990Stoeger PrizeAward1952Born12 June 1952
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Lived 1952 to 2018 · aged 66
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Jörg WidmannBoth received Stoeger Prize
Jennifer HigdonBoth received Nemmers Prize in Music CompositionRebecca SaundersBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition)
Klaus TennstedtBoth received Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Conductor)
Dennis Russell DaviesBoth received Ditson Conductor's Award
Kathryn TickellBoth received The Queen's Medal for Music