Gillian Whitehead
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gillian Karawe Whitehead, Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead, Dame Gillian Whitehead
New Zealand composer
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Bride of fortune
- Fantasia on three notes for piano
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contemporary classicalcomposerinstrumentalexperimentalopera
Gillian Whitehead is a prominent New Zealand composer, born in 1941 in Hamilton. She studied under Peter Maxwell Davies and has subsequently produced a variety of music from solo to orchestral works. Particularly notable are her opera Outrageous Fortune and her collaborations with taonga puoro virtuoso Richard Nunns. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Gillian+Whitehead">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gillian
- Family name
- Whitehead
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Hamilton
- Occupation
- lecturer
- Educated at
- University of Sydney
- Employer
- Newcastle University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.gillianwhitehead.co.nz
- Image
- Gillian Whitehead DCNZM (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-04-23
- Commons category
- Gillian Whitehead
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