Nigel Osborne is a Bri sh composer, born in 1948. He studied composi on, both at Oxford and in Warsaw. There, he became popular due to his work at the Polish Radio Experimental Studio. In addi on, he co-founded one of the first live-electronic performing groups in Eastern Europe. Today he is working as a Reid Professor at the University of Edinburgh. Apart from his academic work, he is an advisor to the charity War child, responsible for the implementa on of a humanitarian aid programme in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
War child works toward a world in which no child’s life is torn apart by war. Armed conflict is a reality for millions of children today. War Child is commi ed to suppor ng these children to overcome their experiences, and have a real chance for a be er future. Children and young people have the right to grow up free from fear and violence, to develop to their full poten al and contribute to a peaceful future – for themselves and for their communi es.
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