Man on Wire, featuring music from a number of Michael Nyman’s most important soundtracks, won the Oscar for Best Documentary feature during at the 81st annual Academy Awards. The film, recently released on DVD, follows Philippe Petit’s incredible high wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center buildings in New York in 1974.
The Kinoteka Film Festiwal are delighted to present a unique and exciting new musical collaboration between world renowned composer Michael Nyman and cutting-edge Polish accordion group Motion Trio performing at the Barbican on 8 April, as this year’s Kinoteka Closing Night Gala.
Michael Nyman's first exhibition as a photographer and video artist presents his unique artistic vision in a new and unexpected light.
MGV (Music a Grande Vitesse) - one of Michael Nyman's most vibrant and dramatic compositions - returns to the front-line in January with a re-packaged and remastered release of the work's original recording based upon it.
Michael Nyman one of Britain’s most innovative and celebrated composers was presented with a CBE by HRH The Queen, at Buckingham Palace today. Nyman’s guests at the ceremony were estranged wife, Aet Nyman and his two daughters, Molly and Martha.
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