
Known for
Acting
Born
February 17, 1944 (age 82)
Birthplace
Penclawdd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Karl Jenkins (born Karl William Pamp Jenkins, 17 February 1944) is a Welsh musician and composer. His most famous works include "Adiemus", "The Armed Man", "The Peacemakers" and "Requiem".
His 2016 work, "Cantata Memoria: For the children", commemorated the tragic loss in the 1966 Aberfan Disaster. With a libretto by Mererid Hopwood and commissioned by S4C, premiered at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
Jenkins was born and raised in Penclawdd, on the Gower penisula in Glamorgan, Wales. His mother was Swedish and his father was Welsh. Jenkins received his initial musical instruction from his father who was the local schoolteacher, chapel organist and choirmaster.
He attended Gowerton Gram...
2024
2014
as Himself, as Composer
2005
as composer, conductor
2003
1994
Original Music Composer
1980
Music
1978
1973
as Self - Oboe