Mark-Anthony Turnage
b. 1960
Snapshot
English Deutsch
Mark-Anthony Turnage is one of the most admired and widely-performed composers of his generation * Studied with Oliver Knussen and John Lambert in London and Gunther Schuller in Tanglewood * works skilfully blend classical and jazz idioms, modernism and tradition * has worked as Composer in Association with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra * current residencies with London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra * conductors of Turnage's works include Simon Rattle, Andrew Davis, Oliver Knussen and Leonard Slatkin * has collaborated with jazz musicians John Scofield, Peter Erskine and Joe Lovano, soloists Evelyn Glennie, Christian Lindberg and Yuri Bashmet, and Ensemble Modern, London Sinfonietta and the Nash Ensemble * music is recorded on the Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Chandos, LPO, Black Box and Onyx labels
Works by Mark-Anthony Turnage include:
Scherzoid (2003-04) for orchestra
From the Wreckage (2004) for trumpet and orchestra
Chicago Remains (2007) for orchestra
Turnage's music before 2003 is published by Schott and is represented by Cathy Nelson Artists and Projects for commissions and general management.
Publications of music by Turnage are available on sale from our online Music Shop.
Looking Ahead: 50th birthday celebrations in 2010; new orchestral work, Texan Tenebrae, commissioned by the Canaries Festival for the London Philharmonic, and by the Royal Concertgebouw and Chicago Symphony Orchestras (premiere 21 Jan 2010); new opera for the Royal Opera House Covent Garden to be premiered in 2011.
"...clarity is paramount, and it is not only words that come across vividly, but feelings too. The sheer theatricality of the music is dazzling… Turnage knows precisely how to hold the audience's interest and sympathy…" — Daily Telegraph
