Background
Ferneyhough, Brian John was born on January 16, 1943 in Coventry, Great Britain. Came to the United States, 1987. Son of Frederick George and Emily May (Hopwood) Ferneyhough.
Ferneyhough, Brian John was born on January 16, 1943 in Coventry, Great Britain. Came to the United States, 1987. Son of Frederick George and Emily May (Hopwood) Ferneyhough.
Student, Birmingham School Music, Great Britain, 1963. Associate of Arts, Royal Academy of Music, London, 1967. Postgraduate, Sweelinck Academy, Amsterdam, 1968.
Postgraduate, Basel Music Academy, Switzerland, 1971.
Composition professor Musikhochschule, Freiburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1973-1986. Lecturer Darmstadt University, Federal Republic Germany, summers since 1976. Composition professor Royal Conservatory, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1986-1987.
Professor music University California, San Diego, since 1987. Jury member, Music Days 1978, International Society Contemporary Music, Helsinki, Finland, 1978, Hong Kong, 1988. Visiting artist D.A.A.D. Berlin, 1976-1977.
Chevalier L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, 1984. Participant Grand Prix du Disque, Academy Charles Cros, Paris, 1978, 84.
Fellow Birmingham Conservatoire. Member Akademie der Künste Berlin.
Married 1st Barbara J. Pearson in 1967, 2nd Elke Schaaf in 1980, 3rd Carolyn Steinberg in 1984, 4th Stephanie Jan Hurtik in 1990.