There was a time in the mid-'90s when Michael Nyman's smash-hit soundtrack to Jane Campion's Oscar-winning film "The Piano" was unavoidable. The English minimalist's popularity has never been as broad ...

Michael Nyman is a British composer, pianist, and musicologist known for his influential work in minimalist and contemporary classical music, as well as his film scores. His style is characterized by ...

On his previous visit to the Phil, Michael Nyman was in the midst of a solo piano tour – presenting 90 continuous minutes of music with no breaks for applause or the regulation cacophony of coughing.

Michael Nyman is on the phone from his hometown, London, talking about being well known and little known, all at the same time. Nyman is famous for his music for films--especially his best-selling ...

With a zest for work that might daunt even Philip Glass, Michael Nyman has carved out quite a voluminous niche in the British contemporary music scene. Indeed, the similarities to Glass are striking.