Mark-Anthony Turnage Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 10 June 1960) is a prolific English composer of classical music.Turnage was born in Corringham, Essex. His initial musical studies were with Oliver Knussen, John Lambert, and later with Gunther Schuller. He also has been strongly influenced by jazz, in particular by the work of Miles Davis.Turnage has composed numerous orchestral and chamber works, and two widely performed operas. Greek, first performed in 1988 at the Munich Biennale, is based on Steven Berkoff's adaptation of Oedipus the King. The Silver Tassie, first performed in 2000, is based on the play by Seán O'Casey. Other works include Three Screaming Popes (after the paintings by Francis Bacon), Your Rockaby (a concerto for saxophone and orchestra), and Yet Another Set To (a concerto for trombone and orchestra, dedicated to Christian Lindberg). Blood on the Floor (1993–1996), for jazz quartet and large ensemble, contains nine sections with a shared theme of drug addiction, the section titled "Elegy for Andy" being a lament for Turnage's brother, who had died of a heroin overdose.In 1990, Turnage was appointed the first Radcliffe Composer in Association with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In 2006, Turnage was named a co-composer-in-residence of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, a position he held alongside Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov.In Autumn 2005, he was appointed the Royal College of Music's Research Fellow in Composition.
He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Music. He is a composer in London, England.
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He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Outstanding Achievement in Opera for creating The Silver Tassie for the English National Opera.
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English composer who was awarded the Guinness Prize for his orchestral work Night Dances in 1981. His instrumental works include 20th-century influences, especially Igor Stravinsky and Benjamin Britten, and elements of rock and jazz.
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