Karl Jenkins
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Welsh musician and composer (b. 1944)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Adiemus Colores
- Appassionata in the Old Style
- Jenkins
- Miserere : Songs of Mercy and Redemption
- Karl Jenkins
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1944
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Discography
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- Listeners
- 425,627
- Total plays
- 3,333,181
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Karl Jenkins (b. 17 february 1944) is a Welsh musician and composer Jenkins was born in Penclawdd, Gower, Wales. After attending the University of Wales, Cardiff, he began postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London. It was in jazz that he initially made his mark. In the days of Jazz Polls he was a prolific poll winner, playing at Ronnie Scott’s club before co-forming Nucleus, which won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Karl+Jenkins">R
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Jenkins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Penclawdd
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Employer
- University of Glamorgan
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- electric piano
- Record label
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Official website
- www.karljenkins.com
- Image
- Karl Jenkins - St David Awards 2017.png
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- topic's main category
- Category:Karl Jenkins
- date of birth
- 1944-02-17
- Commons category
- Karl Jenkins
- birth name
- Karl William Jenkins
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Karl Jenkins
- social media followers
- 45500
- P12749
- Kuskokwim River
- member of
- Adiemus
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