Karl Jenkins - Фильмы

Карл Дженкинс (born Karl William Pamp Jenkins, 17 July 1944) is a Welsh musician and composer. His most famous works include "Adiemus", "The Armed Man", "The Peacemakers" и "Реквием". His 2016 work, "Кантата Memoria: For the children", commemorated the tragic loss in the 1966 бедствие Aberfan. With a libretto by Mererid Hopwood and commissioned by S4C, premiered at the Millennium Centre в городе Кардифф. Дженкинс born and raised что в Penclawdd, on the Gower penisula в Гламорган, Уэльс. His mother что Swedish and his father что Welsh. Дженкинс received his initial musical instruction from his father who was the local schoolteacher, Чапел-органист и choirmaster. He attended Gowerton Grammar School and began his musical career as an oboist в the National Youth Orchestra of Wales. He went on to study music at Cardiff University, and then commenced последипломного studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, where he also met his wife and musical collaborator, Кэрол Барратт. For the bulk of his early career что Дженкинс known as a Джаз и Джаз-рок музыкант, играя баритоны and soprano saxophones, клавишных и гобое, an unusual instrument in a jazz context. He joined джазовый композитор Грэм Collier's group and later co-founded the jazz-rock Nucleus group, which won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival в 1970 году. В 1972 he joined the прогрессивная рок-группа Soft Machine until their very last выступлений в 1984 году.