Person Open DS/UK/10597 Powell; Andrew (1949-); English composer, pianist Powell Andrew 1949- English composer, pianist Male

Andrew Powell – musical composer, arranger and performer – was born 18 April 1949 in London, England of Welsh parents. He began taking piano lessons at the age of four and later attended Kings College School, Wimbledon by which time he was also learning the viola, violin and orchestral percussion. He was writing music by the age of eleven and went on to study composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen and György Ligeti at Darmstadt in Germany before taking a masters degree in music Kings College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge he joined an electronic music group, Intermodulation, with Roger Smalley, Tim Souster and Robin Thompson, and joined the local progressive rock group Henry Cow, formed by Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson, in which he alternated between bass and drums. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbaulcombe 12/19/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 09734ef3-6fc3-49dd-9f6f-bfdd3b954426