MacMillan in a nutshell

Scottish composer and conductor James MacMillan (b. 1959) is one of today's leading composers. His works are performed worldwide, and in the annual survey of the most performed composers still alive, his name appears alongside those of Arvo Pärt and John Williams. And that with an almost exclusively religiously inspired oeuvre.

Not that familiar with his music yet? No worries: we list a few facts for you.