Nicholas Maw

British composer John Nicholas Maw was a renowned figure in the classical music realm, with masterpieces like The Rising of the Moon and Sophie's Choice. Educated at the Royal Academy of Music and under the tutelage of Nadia Boulanger and Max Deutsch in Paris, Maw contributed significantly to music education through his work at institutions like the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Maw's stylistically diverse compositions, such as Scenes and Arias, Odyssey, and a violin concerto for Joshua Bell, have cemented his legacy as a neo-romantic modernist non-tonal composer.