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Michael Blake (born 1951 in Cape Town) is a South African contemporary classical music composer. The composer studied at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and lectured at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He returned to South Africa in 1998 and settled in Grahamstown where he teaches composition and is director of the annual contemporary music festival, New Music Indaba. At the 1999 meeting of the International Society for Contemporary Music held in Bucharest, Blake made a successful bid for South Africa’s re-entry into the ISCM after an absence of nearly four decades. He was the founding President of the ISCM South African Section, NewMusicSA and continues to serve as a board member.(NewMusicSA: The International Society for Contemporary Music, South African Section ) His music, based on 20th-century music, is also influenced by African music.〔Stephanus Muller, "Miniature Blueprints, spider stratagems:: a Michael Blake retrospective at 60" ''The Musical Times'' Winter 2011 (Ebsco link )〕 == Orchestral works == * Kwela (1992) First version: string orchestra, Second version: elastic scoring * Out of the Darkness (1993–94) for piano and small orchestra * Remix (1998) for two solo violins and string orchestra 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Blake (composer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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