George Benjamin
Sign in to saveBritish composer, conductor, pianist and teacher
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1960-01-31
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Dream of the Song
- Recit de Tierce en Taille
- Ecrire un Opera Au XXIe Siecle. - la Demarche Sensitive de George Benjamin
- Viagra
- Concerto for Orchestra
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- 8,436
- Total plays
- 39,427
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George Benjamin (born January 31, 1960, London, England) is a British composer of classical music. He is also a conductor, pianist and teacher. Benjamin attended Westminster School and then studied with Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire during the second half of the 1970s. Messiaen himself was reported to have described Benjamin as his favourite pupil. He then read music at King's College, Cambridge, studying under Alexander Goehr, and emerged in his early twenties as a mature and c
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,581x
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 64,727x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,605x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,587x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 39,882x
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Key dates
- Born
- 31 January 1960
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Benjamin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- music teacher
- Employer
- King's College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
Connections
Categories
1960 births20th-century English classical composers20th-century English conductors (music)20th-century English male composers21st-century English classical composers21st-century English classical pianists21st-century English conductors (music)21st-century English male composers21st-century male pianistsAcademics of King's College LondonAcademics of the Royal College of Music