Michael Nyman is on the phone from his hometown, London, talking about being well known and little known, all at the same time. Nyman is famous for his music for films--especially his best-selling ...

With a zest for work that might daunt even Philip Glass, Michael Nyman has carved out quite a voluminous niche in the British contemporary music scene. Indeed, the similarities to Glass are striking.

There was a time in the mid-'90s when Michael Nyman's smash-hit soundtrack to Jane Campion's Oscar-winning film "The Piano" was unavoidable. The English minimalist's popularity has never been as broad ...

UPDATE (April 29): British composer Michael Nyman will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the film music concert “Minimalism in Motion: Glass, Nyman and Beyond.” The concert is the closing event ...