Sir John Tavener

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
composer
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Academy_of_Music
gptkbp:birthDate 1944-01-28
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:John_Kenneth_Tavener
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Wembley,_London,_England
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:Marfan_syndrome
gptkbp:children gptkb:Orlando_Tavener
gptkb:Sophy_Tavener
gptkb:Theodora_Tavener
gptkbp:deathDate 2013-11-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Child_Okeford,_Dorset,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Highgate_School
gptkb:Royal_Academy_of_Music
gptkbp:genre gptkb:choral_music
classical music
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir John Tavener
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:John_Rutter
gptkb:James_MacMillan
Contemporary choral composers
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Igor_Stravinsky
gptkb:choral_music
gptkb:Arvo_Pärt
gptkb:Olivier_Messiaen
gptkb:Giacinto_Scelsi
Eastern Orthodox liturgical music
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Lamb
gptkb:The_Whale
gptkb:A_Celtic_Requiem
gptkb:Eternity's_Sunrise
gptkb:Funeral_Ikos
gptkb:Ikon_of_Light
gptkb:Lamentations_and_Praises
gptkb:Song_for_Athene
gptkb:The_Protecting_Veil
gptkb:The_Veil_of_the_Temple
cathedral
gptkbp:occupation composer
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:Hyperion_Records
gptkb:Sony_Classical
gptkb:EMI_Classics
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Tavener
gptkb:Maryanna_Schaefer
gptkb:Victoria_Maragopoulou
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:BBC_documentary_'Tavener:_The_Last_Requiem'
obituaries in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The New York Times
gptkbp:yearsActive 1960s–2013
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maida_Vale,_London,_England
gptkb:St_Catherine's_College
gptkb:St_Cross_College
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4