Composer

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (pronounced “PYO-tur ily-ICH chy-KOF-skee”) was a Russian composer whose extraordinary talent left a lasting mark on the…

Alan Menken (born New York City 20 July 1949)

Jake Heggie is known as one of modern opera’s most exciting contemporary composers, describing himself as primarily concerned with ‘exploring…

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (born Moravia 29 May 1897; died Los Angeles 29 November 1957)

Judith Weir (born Cambridge 9 May 1954)

Michael Tippett (born London 2 January 1902; died Isleworth, Middlesex 8 January 1998)

Leoš Janáček (born Hukvaldy, Moravia 3 July 1854; died Moravska, Ostrava 12 August 1928)

Maurice Ravel (born Ciborne, Basses Pyrénées 7 March 1875; died Paris 28 December 1937)

John Adams (born Worcester, Massachusetts )