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Mark-Anthony Turnage
English composer (born 1960)
Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 10 June 1960) is an English composer of contemporary classical music.[1]
Life and career
Mark-Anthony Turnage was born in Corringham, Essex on 10 June 1960.[1] Turnage was the eldest of three children.
His parents were lovers of classical music and were enthusiastic Pentecostal Christians.[2]
He began composing at age nine and at fourteen began studying at the junior section of the Royal College of Music.[3]
His initial musical studies were with Oliver Knussen, John Lambert, and later with Gunther Schuller.[4] He also has been strongly influenced by jazz, in particular by the work of Miles Davis, and has composed works featuring jazz performers, including John Scofield, Peter Erskine, John Patitucci, and Joe Lovano.
Turnage has composed numerous orchestral and chamber works, and three full-length operas. Greek, composed with the encouragement