Background
TAVENER, John was born on January 28, 1944 in London. Son of Kenneth Tavener and Muriel Tavener.
TAVENER, John was born on January 28, 1944 in London. Son of Kenneth Tavener and Muriel Tavener.
Highgate School and Royal Academy of Music
Organist Saint John"s Church, London 1960. Professor, of Composition, Trinity College, of Music, London since 1968. Youngest composer ever performed at Promenade Concert, London 1969, at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Thdrese) 1979.
Works performed in United Kingdom, United States of America, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Greece, Poland, Australia, Federation Republic of Germany, Scandinavia, South. America and elsewhere.
Converted to Russian Orthodox Church 1974. Lives and works Aegina, Greece for half year.
Married Victoria Marangopoulou in 1974 (divorced in 1980).