Nigel Osborne

Nigel Osborne (born 23 June 1948) is a British composer, teacher and aid worker. He served as Reid Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh and has also taught at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. Known for his extensive charity work supporting war traumatised children using music therapy techniques, especially in the Balkans during the Bosnian War, and in the Syrian conflict. He speaks eight languages. Osborne was born in Manchester, England, to a Scottish family. He studied composition with Kenneth Leighton, Egon Wellesz, and Witold Rudziński. His compositions include the opera The Electrification of the Soviet Union, Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra commissioned by the City of London Sinfonia, I am Goya, Remembering Esenin, and Birth of the Beatles Symphony. Osborne retired from his Edinburgh University position in 2012, and is now working internationally as freelance composer, arranger and aid worker. Currently working with war-traumatised children from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Sensations of Travel: Chamber Music by Nigel Osborne - 2019-02-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Tinderbox - 2017-06-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Trees, Walls, Cities - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Choirbook for the Queen - 2013-10-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Choirbook for the Queen - 2013-10-05T00:00:00.000000Z

In Sunlight - 2012-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

In Sunlight - 2012-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Nigel Osborne: I Am Goya, Flute Concerto, Remembering Esenin & The Sickle - 2012-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

NMC Sampler No. 5: New Stock - 2012-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Piano Tuner: Piano Trios from Scotland - 2010-11-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Frozen Rivers Flows - New Noise - 2010-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

KO-THA - 1991-02-25T00:00:00.000000Z

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