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Tim Hodgkinson

ティム・ホジキンソン　/　てぃむ・ほじきんそん

Composer from United Kingdom

May 1, 1949 (age 77)　・　Salisbury, United Kingdom

composer
clarinetist
guitarist

My Take

Hodgkinson is the kind of artist I instinctively root for. Co-founding Henry Cow with Fred Frith in 1968 and then spending decades on reeds, lap steel and keyboards in experimental music tells me he never once chased the easy commercial lane. A Trinity College education could have made him academic and stiff, but everything I read suggests the opposite: a restless curiosity that keeps reinventing the sound. I respect people who treat music as inquiry rather than product, and at 70-plus he still seems to be asking questions. That refusal to settle is, to me, the whole point of an avant-garde life.

Overview

Timothy George Hodgkinson (born 1 May 1949) is an English experimental music composer and performer, principally on reeds, lap steel guitar, and keyboards. He first became known as one of the core members of the British avant-rock group Henry Cow, which he formed with Fred Frith in 1968.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Tim Hodgkinson
Name (Japanese): ティム・ホジキンソン
Reading: てぃむ・ほじきんそん
Born: May 1, 1949 (age 77)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Ox
Origin: Salisbury, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: composer / clarinetist / guitarist / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Trinity College

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
Parents: Private
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4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

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