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Michael Finnissy

Komponist / Composer

Michael Finnissy (1946) studerte ved Royal College of Music i Storbrittania og senere i Italia med Roman Vlad. Han har blandt annet vært med å bygge opp musikkavdelingen i  London School of Contemporary Dance, og har vært senere vært tilknyttet de som komponist med mange bemerkelsesverdige britiske dansekompanier. Han har også vært musiker i residensen i Victorian College of the Arts i Australia, og i East London Late Starters Orchestra. I 1999 ble han utnevnt til professor i komposisjon ved University of Southampton. Finnissy har vært komponist ved Bath, Huddersfield, og Almeida Festivaler, og hans verker er blir utført og kringkastet over hele verden.
 
Finnissy var komponist på Borealis Festival, og Time of Music Festival i Finland i 2009.

Michael Finnissy was born in Tulse Hill, London in 1946 and studied at the Royal College of Music. He later studied in Italy with Roman Vlad. He went on to create the music department of the London School of Contemporary Dance, and has been associated as composer with many notable British dance companies. He has also been musician in residence to the Victorian College of the Arts, the City of Caulfield in Australia, and the East London Late Starters Orchestra. In 1999 he was made Professor of Composition at the University of Southampton. Finnissy has been featured composer at the Bath, Huddersfield, and Almeida festivals, and his works are widely performed and broadcast worldwide.

Finnissy was also featured composer at the Borealis Festival, and the Time of Music Festival in Finland in 2009.

At Borealis :

Griegakademiet, Prøvesalen 11:30                                    Friday 16.March