Karl Jenkins

Karl Jenkins (born Karl William Pamp Jenkins, 17 de Febrero de 1944) is a Welsh musician and composer. His most famous works include "Adiemus", "The Armed Man", "The Peacemakers" y "Requiem". His 2016 de trabajo, "Cantata de la Memoria: For the children", commemorated the tragic loss in the 1966 Aberfan Desastres. With a libreto by Mererid Hopwood and commissioned by S4C, premiered at the Millennium Centre en Cardiff. Jenkins was born and raised en Penclawdd, on the Gower penisula en Glamorgan, Gales. His mother lo Swedish and his father lo Welsh. Jenkins received his inicial musical de instrucción from his father who was the local schoolteacher, chapel organista and choirmaster. He attended Gowerton Grammar School and began his musical career as a oboísta en the National Youth Orchestra of Wales. He went on to study music at Universidad de Cardiff, and then commenced postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music en Londres, Inglaterra, where he así met his wife and musical collaborator, Carol Barratt. For the bulk of his early career Jenkins lo known as a jazz y jazz-rock, músico, playing baritone and soprano saxofonistas, teclados and oboe, a unusual instrumento a jazz context. He joined jazz composer Graham Collier's group and later co-founded the jazz-rock del grupo Núcleo, which won primer premio en el Festival de Jazz de Montreux en 1970. En 1972, pp joined the rock progresivo banda de Soft Machine until their very last actuaciones en 1984.