Karl Jenkins
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Penclawdd, Gower, Wales
Karl Jenkins was raised in Penclawdd, Gower, Wales in 1934. After attending the University of Wales, Cardiff, he began postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
It was in jazz that he initially made his mark. In the days of “Jazz Polls” he was a prolific poll winner, playing at Ronnie Scott’s club before co-forming Nucleus, which won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival. This was followed by a period with Soft Machine, one of the seminal bands of the 1970s. Defying categorization, the Softs played venues as diverse as the Proms, Carnegie Hall and the Newport Jazz Festival.
In the field of advertising music he has won several industry awards. Credits include Levi’s, British Airways, Renault, Volvo, De Beers, C&G, Tag Heuer, Pepsi and countless more.
It is perhaps for his Adiemus project and ‘classical’ works for which he is best known. Adiemus has topped classical and ‘pop’ charts around the world.
Commissions include works for television and film.
2002 saw the premiere of his double harp concerto ‘Over The Stone’ commissioned by HRH The Prince of Wales for the then Royal Harpist, Catrin Finch and Elinor Bennett accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Other projects include scoring and conducting an album of rock classics by Bonnie Tyler.
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The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace
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Classical Chillout (Disc 1)
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Adiemus 2 - Cantata Mundi
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FreezingKiss adiemus is the bestest thing EVER. Kayama :D [2]
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Biscuit1978 Come along and join the group Orchestral Composer of the Week. Nominate your 5 favourite composers each week and see who gets into the Hall of Fame.
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JoshCIVM Pity about those tags. Swell composer nevertheless.
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clytie_hizashi Oh my god, his Dies Irae is the tits. I must look for more of this guy's stuff.
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omnomnomlove adiemus is the bestest thing EVER. Kayama :D
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abbyscks don't listen to a whole lot of classical music but I love this man's work. it is very refreshing. good job. :)
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deadgrave Allegretto from Diamond Music
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KaIIie palladiooooooooo ftw
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