The man whose music has made its mark on both big and small screen
AWARD-WINNING composer George Fenton will be in Wales next month to talk about his illustrious career.
The man behind the scores for more than 200 films, documentaries, TV series and theatre productions will be the next guest at Abergavenny’s Conversations at the Chapel series on Wednesday, April 17.
George was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1982 for the score to Richard Attenborough’s biopic Gandhi, and he went on to write for another four Attenborough films. With director Ken Loach he has written scores for 18 films, most recently I Daniel Blake and The Old Oak. His many other film credits include The Company of Wolves, Dangerous Liaisons, The Fisher King and Groundhog Day.
For television he has enjoyed a long collaboration with Alan Bennett, writing music for his monologues Talking Heads and Telling Tales. Other TV credits include The Jewel in the Crown, The Monocled Mutineer and The History Man. And he has worked on epic BBC Natural History series such as Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Frozen Earth.
Theatre work has included the original production of Good at the RSC. He wrote music for Racing Demon and A Month in The Country at the National Theatre, and has worked on many other productions in Manchester, Nottingham, Chichester, the Royal Court in London and recently at the Josephstadt
Theatre in Vienna.
His music has been recognised with numerous awards that include five Oscar nominations, multiple Ivor Novellos, Bafta, Golden Globe, Emmy and Lifetime Achievement awards from The World Soundtrack Awards and National Television Awards.
He will be in conversation with Alastair Laurence from 7.30pm on April 17.
For more information contact events@ artshopandchapel.co.uk, ring 01873 852690 and 01873 736430, or in person at The Art Shop and The Chapel in Abergavenny.
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