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John Williams
American composer and conductor (born 1932)
This article is about the composer. For other people named John Williams, see John Williams (disambiguation).
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)[1][2][3] is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinema history.[4][5][6] He has a distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism and atonal music with complex orchestration.[7] He is best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and has received numerous accolades including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. With 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person, after Walt Disney,[a] and is the oldest Oscar nominee in any category, at 91 years old.[8]
Williams's early work as a film composer includes Valley of the In a career that spans five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage. He has served as music director and laureate conductor of one of the country’s treasured musical institutions, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and he maintains thriving artistic relationships with many of the world’s great orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mr. Williams has received a variety of prestigious awards, including the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honor, the Olympic Order, and numerous Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. He remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. Mr. Williams has composed the music and served as music director for more than one hundred films. His 40-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and succes Australian guitarist (born 1941) John Williams AOOBE Williams in concert in Córdoba, 1986 Kathy Panama Musical artist John Christopher WilliamsAOOBE (born 24 April 1941) is an Australian-born classical guitarist renowned for his ensemble playing as well as his interpretation and promotion of the modern classical guitar repertoire. In 1973, he shared a Grammy Award in the Best Chamber Music Performance category with fellow guitarist Julian Bream for Together (released in the US as Julian and John (Works by Lawes, Carulli, Albéniz, Granados)).[1] Guitar historian Gra
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John Williams: Biography
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John Williams (guitarist)
Birth name John Christopher Williams Born (1941-04-24) 24 April 1941 (age 83)
Melbourne, AustraliaGenres Classical music, progressive rock Occupation(s) Guitarist, arranger, composer Years active 1958–present Labels Sony Classical/SME Spouse Children 2, including Kate Williams Parent(s) Len Williams and Melaan (née Ah Ket) Relatives William Ah Ket (grandfather)
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