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Name
  
Brian Elias

Role
  
Composer

Education
  
Royal College of Music


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Brian Elias (born 30 August 1948, Bombay, now Mumbai, India) is a British composer.

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Career highlights

  • 1965 - commenced informal composition studies with Elisabeth Lutyens.
  • 1984 - L’Eylah premiered at the BBC Proms.
  • 1989 - premiere of Five Songs to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya.
  • 1993 - Olivier Award for Best New Dance Work for The Judas Tree.
  • 1999 - NVC video of The Judas Tree wins International Emmy Award for Performing Arts.
  • 2001 - The House that Jack Built premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

    • Works

  • L’Eylah (1983; orchestra)
  • Geranos (1984; chamber ensemble)
  • But When I Sleep ... for viola solo (1987)
  • Pythikos Nomos (1987-8; saxophone, piano)
  • Five Songs to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya (1989; mezzo-soprano, orchestra)
  • The Judas Tree (1991; ballet)
  • Laments (1998; mezzo-soprano, semi-chorus, orchestra)
  • Cello Concerto (2017, orchestra, solo cello)

    • Discography

  • Laments; Five Songs to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya - NMC D064
  • Pythikos Nomos - Col Legno AU31817
  • Fantasia - NMC D098

    • Dontgo generated an additional 2 million in sales for brian elias


    References

    Brian Elias Wikipedia
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