Editing Michael Nyman (section)

== Career ==
=== Work as music critic, 1968–1976===
Nyman says he discovered his aesthetic by playing the [[aria]] "[[Madamina, il catalogo è questo]]" from Mozart's ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' on his piano in the style of [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], which "dictated the dynamic, articulation and texture of everything I've subsequently done."<ref>[[Andrew Ford (composer)|Andrew Ford]]. "Jerry Lee Lewis Plays Mozart." ''Composer to Composer'' London: [[Quartet Books]], 1993. pp 192–195, p 194</ref> It subsequently became the base for his 1977 piece ''In Re Don Giovanni.''

In 1969, Nyman provided the [[libretto]] of [[Harrison Birtwistle]]'s opera ''[[Down by the Greenwood Side (opera)|Down by the Greenwood Side]]'' and directed the short film ''Love Love Love'' (based on [[the Beatles]]' "[[All You Need Is Love]]").<ref name=sion>{{harvnb|Siôn|2007|p=83}}</ref> He then settled into music criticism, where he is generally acknowledged to have been the first to apply the term "[[minimalism]]" to music, in a 1968 article in ''[[The Spectator]]'' magazine about the English composer [[Cornelius Cardew]]. He wrote introductions for [[George Frideric Handel]]'s [[Concerti grossi, Op. 6 (Handel)|Concerti grossi, Op. 6]], and interviewed [[George Brecht]] in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Et |url=https://et-musica.cl/en/george-brecht-en-entrevista-con-m-nyman/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |language=es-ES}}</ref> His 1976 album ''[[Decay Music]]'' was produced by [[Brian Eno]]. In 1974 Nyman published an influential book called ''Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond'', which explored the influence of [[John Cage]] on [[European classical music|classical]] composers.

===Founding of Campiello Band and collaboration with Peter Greenaway, 1976–1990 ===
In the 1970s, Nyman was a member of the [[Portsmouth Sinfonia]] – the self-described World's Worst Orchestra. He was the featured pianist on the orchestra's recording of "[[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]" on the 1979 [[Martin Lewis (humorist)|Martin Lewis]]-produced ''20 Classic Rock Classics'' album, on which the Sinfonia gave their unique interpretations of the pop and rock repertoire of the 1950s–1970s. 

In 1976, he formed the Campiello Band, which became the [[Michael Nyman Band]], for a production of [[Carlo Goldoni]]'s ''Il Campiello''. Originally made up of old instruments such as [[rebec]]s and [[shawm]]s alongside more modern instruments like the saxophone to produce as loud a sound as possible without amplification, the band later switched to a fully amplified line-up of string quartet, three saxophones, trumpet, [[French horn|horn]], [[bass trombone]], bass guitar and piano. Many of Nyman's works are written for his ensemble, with the lineup variously altered and augmented.

One of his earliest film scores was the 1976 British sex comedy ''[[Keep It Up Downstairs]]'', followed by numerous films, many of them European art films, including eleven directed by [[Peter Greenaway]]. Nyman drew frequently on [[early music]] sources in his scores for Greenaway's films: [[Henry Purcell]] in ''[[The Draughtsman's Contract]]'' (1982) and ''[[The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover]]'' (1989) (which included [[Memorial (composition)|Memorial]] and Miserere Paraphrase), [[Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber]] in ''[[A Zed & Two Noughts]]'' (1985), [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] in ''[[Drowning by Numbers]]'' (1988), and [[John Dowland]] in ''[[Prospero's Books]]'' (1991), largely at the request of the director.{{sfn|Siôn|2007|p={{page needed|date=August 2024}}}} He wrote settings to various texts by Mozart for ''[[Letters, Riddles and Writs]]'', part of ''Not Mozart''. 

In 1987 Nyman composed the opera ''[[Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs]]'', for [[soprano]], [[alto (voice)|alto]], [[tenor]] and instrumental ensemble (based on Nyman's score for the ballet ''La Princesse de Milan'');  the opera ''[[The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (opera)|The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat]]'' (1986), based on a case-study by [[Oliver Sacks]]; and five [[string quartet]]s. He also recorded pop music with the [[Flying Lizards]]; a version of his ''Bird List'' from the soundtrack to Peter Greenaway's ''[[The Falls (1980 film)|The Falls]]'' (1980) appears on their album ''Fourth Wall'' as "Hands 2 Take".

===1990s=== 
In 1990 he composed ''Ariel Songs'' for soprano and band; in 1993 [[MGV (composition)|MGV (Musique à Grande Vitesse)]]  for band and orchestra; concertos for saxophone, piano (based on the score for ''The Piano''), violin, [[harpsichord]], trombone, and saxophone & cello recorded by [[John Harle]] and [[Julian Lloyd Webber]];

In 1991 Nyman composed ''The Michael Nyman Songbook'' based on poetry by [[Paul Celan]], [[Arthur Rimbaud]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] and [[William Shakespeare]]. His ''Six Celan Songs'' off this collection were composed for [[Ute Lemper]], with whom he recorded the album. Ute Lemper also performed in the 1992 concert film of the same name, directed by [[Volker Schlöndorff]].

In 1993, Nyman's popularity increased after he wrote the score to [[Jane Campion]]'s award-winning 1993 film ''[[The Piano]]''. The album became a classical music best-seller, selling over three million copies. His soundtrack won an [[Ivor Novello Award]], a [[Golden Globe]], a [[BAFTA]] and an [[American Film Institute]] award, and nominated for a [[British Academy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe]]. 
He produced a soundtrack for the silent film ''[[Man with a Movie Camera]]'', which largely reworked material he wrote for the soundtrack of the 1996 video game ''[[Enemy Zero]]''. 

[[File:Flickr - nicogenin - 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra) (43).jpg|thumb|Nyman at the 2009 [[Venice Film Festival]]]]
His forays into Hollywood were ''[[Gattaca]]'' (1997), ''[[Ravenous (1999 film)|Ravenous]]'' (1999) (with musician [[Damon Albarn]]), and ''[[The End of the Affair (1999 film)|The End of the Affair]]'' (1999). ''Gattaca'' was nominated for a [[Saturn Award]] for Best Music.

In 1999, Nyman created a group called Foster's Social Orchestra, which specialised in the work of [[Stephen Foster]]. One of their pieces appeared in the film ''[[Ravenous (1999 film)|Ravenous]]'' and an additional work, not used in the film, appeared on the soundtrack album.

===21st century===
In 2000, he produced an opera on the subject of [[cloning]] on a [[libretto]] by Victoria Hardie titled ''[[Facing Goya]]'', an expansion of their one-act opera ''[[Vital Statistics (opera)|Vital Statistics]]''. The lead, a widowed art banker, is written for [[contralto]] and the role was created by Hilary Summers. His newest operas are ''[[Man and Boy: Dada]]'' (2003) and ''[[Love Counts]]'' (2005), both on libretti by [[Michael Hastings (playwright)|Michael Hastings]].

From 2002 to 2005 he was a composer-in-residence at the [[Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe]], Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Nyman {{!}} ECLIPSE Home Audio Systems |url=https://www.eclipse-td.com/uk/userlist/endorser/nyman/index.html |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=www.eclipse-td.com}}</ref>

He composed the music for the children's television series ''[[Titch (TV series)|Titch]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michaelnyman.com/music/soundtracks/show/titch |title=Music – Soundtracks – Titch |publisher=Michael Nyman |access-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121745/http://www.michaelnyman.com/music/soundtracks/show/titch |archive-date=17 May 2014}}</ref> which is based on the books written and illustrated by [[Pat Hutchins]].

On 7 July 2007, Nyman performed at [[Live Earth]] in [[Live Earth concert, Kyoto|Japan]]. Nyman began a long-term artistic collaboration with the filmmaker [[Max Pugh]] which resulted in many short art films, three experimental feature documentaries and a number of video installations. In 2008 Nyman realised, in collaboration with the cultural association Volumina, ''Sublime'', an artist's book that unified his music with his passion for photography.

In October 2009, Nyman released ''[[The Glare]]'', a collaborative collection of songs with [[David McAlmont]]. The album – recorded with the Michael Nyman Band – finds McAlmont putting lyrics based on contemporary news stories to 11 pieces of Nyman music drawn from different phases of his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8426925.stm#Mcalmontnyman |title=The best albums you never heard in 2009 |publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=2010-01-02 |access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref> 

In 2012, he made a soundtrack for film, ''[[Everyday (film)|Everyday]]''. [[Keith H. Yoo]] in 2012 commissioned Nyman to write a 26-minute [[piano quintet]] in four [[Movement (music)|movements]] titled ''Through the Only Window''. It premiered at the gala dinner for his father [[Yoo Byung-eun]]'s photographic exhibition "Through My Window" in the [[Tuileries Garden]] of [[The Louvre]] in Paris on 25 June 2012. The work has been recorded by Nyman Quintet in the [[Abbey Road Studios]], and has been released on Nyman's record label.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/01063210/details.html |title=Michael Nyman: Through The Only Window&nbsp;– String Quartet & Piano (Score/Parts) – String Quartet/Piano Chamber Score and Parts&nbsp;– Sheet Music & Songbooks |publisher=Musicroom.com |access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicsales.com/Catalogue/product.aspx/en-GB/1063210/MichaelNymanThroughTheOnlyWindowStringQuartetPianoScoreParts |title=Music Sales Group&nbsp;– The Music Sales Catalogue |publisher=Musicsales.com |access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ahaeproducts.com/shop-by-product-type/media/michael-nyman-through-the-only-window-cd.html |title=Michael Nyman Through The Only Window (Music CD) – by Ahae Products |publisher=Ahaeproducts.com |access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref> In 2013 Nyman was again commissioned to compose a piece for Yoo Byung-eun's exhibition in the [[Orangerie]] Hall of the [[Palace of Versailles]], and wrote the 32-minute-long symphony in four movements, Symphony No. 6{{nbsp}}"AHAE", representing the four seasons in nature as depicted by [[Ahae]], a pseudonym for [[Yoo Byung-eun]]. The [[London Symphony Orchestra]] premiered both pieces at [[L'Opéra of the Palace of Versailles]] in Paris on 8 September 2013 under the baton of the composer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Alberge |first=Dalya |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Arts/article1277681.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602194906/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Arts/article1277681.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 June 2014 |title=Rich Korean recluse hires the LSO to blow his trumpet |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=23 June 2013 |access-date=1 June 2014}}</ref> They were also recorded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/news/2798 |title=News&nbsp;– Nyman Symphony No. 6 premiere |publisher=Music Sales Classical |date=6 September 2013 |access-date=31 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522160501/http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/news/2798 |archive-date=22 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=The Music Sales Group |url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/news/2798 |title=Michael Nyman Symphony No. 6 "AHAE" Premier |publisher=The Music Sales Group |access-date=22 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522160501/http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/news/2798 |archive-date=22 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nicolasbacri.net/biographieen.html |title=Biographie En |publisher=Nicolasbacri.net |access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref> In 2015 he performed in [[Dziga Vertov]]'s ''[[Man with a Movie Camera]]'' at the [[Potemkin Stairs]]. The show was part of the 6th [[Odesa International Film Festival]] and gathered approximately 15,000 spectators.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oiff.com.ua/en/2015/news/chelovek-s-kinoapparatom-i-maikl-naiman-na-potemkinskoi-lestnice.htm |title=''Man With a Movie Camera'' and Michael Nyman at the Potemkin Stairs |publisher=Odesa International Film Festival |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205051616/http://oiff.com.ua/en/2015/news/chelovek-s-kinoapparatom-i-maikl-naiman-na-potemkinskoi-lestnice.htm |archive-date=5 February 2016}}</ref>