John Williams
b. 1932
Armenian
Summary
Williams has won 24 Grammy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, five Academy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. With 51 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the second most-nominated individual, after Walt Disney. In 2005, the American Film Institute selected Williams's score to 1977's Star Wars as the greatest American film score of all time. The soundtrack to Star Wars was additionally preserved by the Library of Congress into the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. Williams composed the score for eight of the top 20 highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office (adjusted for inflation).
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Performances
28th August 2022
- PERFORMERS
- Sinfonia ViVA
- CONDUCTOR
- James Holmes
- LOCATION
- Darley Park, Derby, United Kingdom
30th September 2022
- SOLOISTS
- Golden Lund
- PERFORMERS
- Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Edward Polochick
- LOCATION
- Lied Center, Lincoln , NE, United States of America
7th October 2022
- PERFORMERS
- Folkwang Universität der Künste
- CONDUCTOR
- Frank Strobel
- LOCATION
- Konzertsaal der Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen, Essen, Germany
23rd October 2022
- PERFORMERS
- Orkestern Filialen
- CONDUCTOR
- Glenn Mossop
- LOCATION
- Nacka Aula, Stockholm , Sweden
11th February 2023
- SOLOISTS
- Matt Hightower
- PERFORMERS
- Paducah Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Raffaele Ponti
- LOCATION
- Carson Center, Paducah , KY, United States of America