26 Notable alumni of
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
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Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is 1512th in the world, 523rd in Europe, and 95th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 notable alumni from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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A. R. Rahman
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- film directormusic directorrecord producerentrepreneursongwriter
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Allah Rakha Rahman, also known by the initialism ARR, is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and philanthropist known for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in international cinema. He is a recipient of six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards, and eighteen Filmfare Awards South. In 2010, the Government of India conferred him with the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third-highest civilian award.
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Ilaiyaraaja
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- musicianfilm score composercomposersingeractor
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Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominantly in Tamil in addition to Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. Regarded as one of the most prolific composers, in a career spanning over forty-nine years, he has composed over 8,600 songs, provided film scores for about 1,523 feature films in nine languages, and performed in over 20,000 concerts. He was one of the earliest Indian film composers to use Western classical music harmonies and string arrangements in Indian film music. He is nicknamed "Isaignani" (the musical sage) and is often referred to as "Maestro", the title conferred to him by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London.
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Fela Kuti
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- composeractivistsaxophonistconductorsinger
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Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì was a Nigerian musician and political activist. He is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music with American funk and jazz. At the height of his popularity, he was referred to as one of Africa's most "challenging and charismatic music performers". AllMusic described him as "a musical and sociopolitical voice" of international significance.
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Harris Jayaraj
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- composeractor
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J. Harris Jayaraj is an Indian composer from Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil films, and has also composed for a few films in Telugu. He has also worked on a few Hindi films that were remakes of his Tamil films.
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John Powell
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- composerrecording artistconductorfilm score composer
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John Powell is an English film composer and music conductor. Based in Los Angeles, California since 1997, he has composed music for over 70 feature films, including Face/Off, the Bourne franchise, Happy Feet (and its sequel Happy Feet Two), United 93, X-Men: The Last Stand, Wicked (and its sequel Wicked: For Good), Evolution, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Migration, Drumline, Hancock, The Call of the Wild, Bolt, That Christmas, Thelma the Unicorn, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, eight Blue Sky Studios films, and ten DreamWorks Animation films.
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Matthew Bourne
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- directordancertheatrical directorballet masterchoreographer
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Sir Matthew Christopher Bourne OBE is a British choreographer. His productions contain many classic cinema and popular culture references and draw thematic inspiration from musicals, film noir and popular culture.
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Herbert Macaulay
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- musicianarchitectjournalistengineerauthor
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Olayinka Herbert Samuel Heelas Badmus Macaulay // was a Nigerian nationalist, politician, surveyor, engineer, architect, journalist, and musician. Macaulay is considered by many as founder of Nigerian nationalism.
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Mickey J. Meyer
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- singerfilm score composer
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Mickey J. Meyer, is an Indian composer and singer known for his works predominantly in Telugu Cinema. He has received two Filmfare Awards South, and three state Nandi Awards for the Best Music Direction. An alumnus of Trinity College of Music, Meyer started his career in 2005 and composed music for films such as Happy Days, Kotha Bangaru Lokam (2008), Leader (2010), A Aa (2016) and Shyam Singha Roy (2021).
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Vincent Crane
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- pianistsongwritercomposer
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Vincent Rodney Cheesman, known professionally as Vincent Crane, was an English keyboardist, best known as the organist for the Crazy World of Arthur Brown (he was a co-writer of that group's 1968 hit single "Fire") and subsequently for Atomic Rooster.
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Nubya Garcia
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- bandleadersaxophonistcomposer
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Nubya Nyasha Garcia is a British jazz musician, saxophonist, composer and bandleader.
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Angelique Rockas
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- dancerresearchertelevision actortheatre practitionertheatrical producer
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Angelique Rockas is an actress, producer and activist. Rockas founded the theatre company Internationalist Theatre in the UK with her patron Athol Fugard. The theatre featured multi-racial casts in classical plays."a historic example of theatre work addressing representation in the most valuable manner" As an actress Rockas`s work has been characterized by "her strong interpretation of roles".
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor
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- pianistconductorcomposer
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Gwendolen Avril Coleridge-Taylor was an English pianist, conductor, and composer. She was the daughter of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and his wife Jessie (née Walmisley).
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Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram
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- 1959-.. (age 67)
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- musicianphysician
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Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram is a Carnatic music vocalist and cinema playback singer from Chennai.
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Made Kuti
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- singersongwritersaxophonistinstrumentalistmusician
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Ọmọ́rìnmádé Aníkúlápó Kútì known professionally as Mádé Kuti, is a Nigerian afrobeat multi-instrumentalist, composer/arranger, artist/performer. The son of Femi Kuti and grandson of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, Mádé was raised in The New Afrika Shrine, surrounded by rhythm, resistance, and live sound.
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Emma-Jean Thackray
- Enrolled in Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
- Graduated with master's degree in big band music
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- radio personalitycomposerdisc jockeytrumpeterbandleader
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Emma-Jean Thackray is an English musician and DJ, described by The Guardian as a "musical polymath". She is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and vocalist. She has directed the London Symphony Orchestra and performed at Glastonbury, won the Jazz FM public vote for act of the Year in 2021, and the following year won their Album of the Year awards for her debut album Yellow. She played every instrument, wrote every song and recorded each aspect of the music on her 2025 album Weirdo, apart from cameo appearances by Reggie Watts and Kassa Overall. She is signed to Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label and Parlophone.
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George Lloyd
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- composerconductor
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George Walter Selwyn Lloyd was a British composer.
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Neil Nongkynrih
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- pianistconductorcomposer
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Neil Nongkynrih was an Indian concert pianist and conductor. He founded the Shillong Chamber Choir (SCC), which won the reality show India's Got Talent in 2010. He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India in 2015.
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Kevin Savigar
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- 1956-.. (age 70)
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- songwritersession musiciancomposerkeyboardistrecord producer
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Kevin Savigar is an English session keyboardist, record producer, songwriter, and composer based in Los Angeles, CA. Perhaps most recognised for his longtime collaboration with Rod Stewart, Savigar has also contributed to a wide range of recordings for artists such as Bob Dylan, George Harrison, John Mellencamp, Pat Benatar, Marilyn Manson, Willie Nelson, Randy Newman, Sinéad O'Connor, and Peter Frampton among others.
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Howard Arman
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- opera directorconductormusician
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Howard Arman is an English choral conductor and opera director. He won the Handel Prize of the Handel Festival, Halle, in 1996, shaped the festival's orchestra and conducted operas of George Frideric Handel. He is a conductor of the Theater and Philharmonie Thüringen, also the Luzerner Theater. Since 2017 he is the director of the Bayerische Rundfunk Chor.
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Karthikeya Murthy
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- composer
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Karthikeya Murthy is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter and music producer. A BAFTA Breakthrough India Talent. He made his debut in Tamil/Telugu bilingual movie Moone Moonu Varthai/Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante. He is known for his score in the movie KD (a) Karuppudurai.
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Yoko Misumi
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- pianist
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Yoko Misumi is a Japanese classical pianist.
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Gifton Elias
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- composer
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Gifton Elias born 14 February 1987, is an Indian composer and musician who works in Telugu-language films. He is from Hyderabad, Telangana and an alumnus of Trinity College of Music, London, United Kingdom.
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Mark Nightingale
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- trombonistcomposerjazz musician
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Mark Daryl Nightingale is an English jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger.
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Othon Mataragas
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- record producerdisc jockeycomposer
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OTHON, a.k.a. Othon Mataragas, is a London-based Greek composer, pianist, songwriter, producer, DJ and club promoter. He is mostly known for combining classically infused composition with electronic productions and experimental songwriting. Apart from his solo work, he has collaborated with notable artists such as Wolfgang Tillmans, Marc Almond, David Tibet, Peter Christopherson (of Throbbing Gristle, Coil & Psychic TV), Ron Athey, Ernesto Tomasini and Dan Hillier.
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Daniel Smales
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- actor
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Daniel Smales is an English actor. His work includes a range of stage and film.
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Nancy Evelyn Salas
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- musicologistmusic teacherharpsichordist
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Nancy Evelyn Salas MBE was an Australian music teacher and musicologist.
