Harrison, Jonty
Harrison, Jonty (b Scunthorpe, 1952). Eng. composer. Member of Nat. Youth Orch. of GB. Studied comp. with Bernard Rands. Worked at Nat. Th., London. Dir., Electro-Acoustic mus. studio, Birmingham Univ., from 1980. Worked at IRCAM 1982 and Groupe de Recherches Musicales, Paris, 1986. Many elec. comps.
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