Jonathan Mills

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jonathan Mills
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Mar 21, 1963(1963-03-21)
Age	61
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Pisces

Jonathan Mills Biography

Jonathan Mills is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on March 21, 1963 in London, England, United Kingdom. Jonathan Edward Harland Mills was born in Sydney on the 21st of March, 1963. He is of Scottish origins, his maternal grandfather was an Scot from Partick and has two citizenships, having Australian as well as British citizenship. He was the son of Frank Harland Mills AO (1910-2008) was a surgeon for the heart.

Mills has been a research fellow and composer in residence at RMIT University in Melbourne between 1992 between 1992 and 1997. He was awarded a Master of Architecture from RMIT in 1999. He specialized on acoustic design as well as the impact of sound on architecture and the constructed environment. Between 1998 and 2003 he was an Adjunct Professor at RMIT.

In 2001 Jonathan Mills was awarded the Centenary Medal.

In 2001 he wrote Sandakan Threnody, an oratorio for tenor, choir, and orchestra. It is based on the real-life story of the 2,345 Australian and British prisoners of war who in 1945 were sent on a series of death marches from the Japanese camp in Sandakan, Borneo – only six would survive. It was revised and premiered as part of Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s 2004 “Meet the Music” series at the Sydney Opera House, and was later performed at the Singapore, Brisbane and Melbourne Festivals. In 2005 it was awarded the Prix Italia. Mills’ father Frank Mills survived incarceration at Sandakan.

In the years 1988-2003,, he worked as artistic director for music festivals between 1988 and 2003 in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. They include Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Melbourne Federation Festival, the Melbourne Millennium Eve Celebrations along with Melbourne’s Brisbane Biennial International Music Festival (inaugural Arts Adviser from 1995 to 1997).

Jonathan Mills Net Worth

Jonathan Mills is one of the richest Composer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jonathan Mills 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sir Jonathan Mills AO (born 21 March 1963) is an Australian music director and composer. He was was raised in Sydney and holds the dual Australian as well as UK citizenship. His operas include and an oratorio. He also composed the dance, song cycles, chamber music and concertos. He has been the director of a variety of festivals for the arts in Australia as well as from 2006 until 2014, director for Edinburgh International Festival. Edinburgh International Festival.

He earned an undergraduate degree in Composition at the University of Sydney in 1984 and was a part of the team in St Paul’s College. He studied under Peter Sculthorpe.

It was during these years that he composed Four First Songs, a song cycle for radio on poems by Martin Harrison, and the ballet The Ethereal Eye, which focussed on the architects who designed and built Canberra as the new capital of Australia. In 1999 came his first chamber opera, The Ghost Wife, to a libretto by Dorothy Porter based on the short story The Chosen Vessel by Barbara Baynton, set in the Australian bush at the beginning of the twentieth century. The opera was premiered at the 1999 Melbourne Festival and had numerous productions in other capitals. It had its London premiere at the Barbican Theatre in November 2002, staged by OzOpera, under conductor Richard Gill. This was believed to be the first Australian opera with an Australian cast to have a London season.

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In 2011 he was appointed International Artistic Adviser of the Arts Centre Melbourne till the end of 2012, in addition to his existing commitments in Edinburgh.

Facts & Trivia

Jonathan Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jonathan Mills celebrates birthday on March 21 of every year.

In 2013 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of St Andrews, and an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by RMIT University.

Who is Hayley Mills son?

Sons

Who was Sir John Mills wife?

Wife

Who is Hayley Mills partner?

Firdous Bamji (1997–)

What age is Juliet Mills?

80 years (November 21, 1941)

Is John Mills still alive?

April 23, 2005