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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Essential
2,358 listeners19 tracks
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Adiemus 2 - Cantata Mundi
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The Very Best of Karl Jenkins
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DBAE
New song from Adiemus VI. South American influences :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbX_v70aoRg
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ppgirls
Benedictus♥
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TeenageRiot-
Karl Jenkins era Soft Machine was awful.
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ThomasGauss
Palladio!
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myrimelomania
Karl y su coro de ángeles.
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imBigBook
棒极了！天才音乐家！
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Divine-Empyreal
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/579929235/Journeys%2BUpon%2BNight%2527s%2BGloom.mp3 It's my New Age/Dark Ambient project, and I need all your feedbacks. And please PLEASE give me your feedback (on my user page). :D
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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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Ferraga
Adiemus is the song that I've always searched for... AWESOOOOOMEEEEEEEE
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Rainman45
Нереален !!!
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TragicSymphony
ALL THE MOST TALENTED MUSICIANS COME FROM WALES! :D Just kidding. It's not like I'm not xenophobic or anything... But he is great, and has an amazing 'stache.
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killakait17
WWWWWooooooowwwwwww
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Thorpe
Sanctus is a very epic-sounding piece. It's like some huge historical battle is underway.
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