Gillian Whitehead

Born1941-04-23

BirthplaceAuckland

CountryNew Zealand

GenderFemale

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Biography

Gillian Whitehead is a prominent New Zealand composer, born in 1941 in Hamilton. She studied under Peter Maxwell Davies and has subsequently produced a variety of music from solo to orchestral works. Particularly notable are her opera Outrageous Fortune and her collaborations with taonga puoro virtuoso Richard Nunns.

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Contemporary ClassicalComposerInstrumentalExperimentalNew Zealand

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