Born in London, award-winning composer Michael Nyman studied at the Royal Academy of Music (1961-1965) and later at King's College, London.  Throughout the seventies, Nyman was a music critic, lecturer, composer, and performer.

Since 1977, Nyman has composed for his permanent performing ensemble The Michael Nyman Band, created works for performance artists and for the Paris exhibition "La Traversee de Paris," and written music scores for a wide range of international film and television projects.

As a film composer, Nyman's soundtracks have included numerous collaborations with noted British director Peter Greenaway, including Drowning by Numbers, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover and Prospero's Books.

In 1993 Nyman received wide acclaim for his work on Jane Campion's Academy Award-winning film The Piano, for which he established a repertoire of music not only for the film but for its central character Ada.  The Piano soundtrack was an international bestseller.

Other notable film scores by Nyman include Brimstone and Treacle, Monsieur Hire, Carrington, Gattaca, Ravenous,  The End of the Affair, and the upcoming Kingdom Come.

Mr. Nyman has been nominated three times for a Golden Globe (The Piano, Gattaca, and The End of the Affair).