26 Notable alumni of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is ranked #4,014 in the world and #142 in 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. Many individuals affiliated with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Daniel Smales
1990-. (aged 36)
actor
Daniel Smales is an English actor. His work includes a range of stage and film.
2. Nancy Evelyn Salas
1910-1990 (aged 80)
musicologist
music teacher
harpsichordist
Nancy Evelyn Salas MBE was an Australian music teacher and musicologist.
3. Mark Nightingale
1967-. (aged 59)
trombonist
composer
jazz musician
Mark Daryl Nightingale is an English jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger.
4. Othon Mataragas
1979-. (aged 47)
record producer
disc jockey
composer
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...
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5. Neil Nongkynrih
1970-2022 (aged 52)
pianist
conductor
composer
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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6. Kevin Savigar
1956-. (aged 70)
songwriter
session musician
composer
keyboardist
record producer
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...
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7. Howard Arman
1954-. (aged 72)
opera director
conductor
musician
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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8. Karthikeya Murthy
1985-. (aged 41)
composer
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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9. Yoko Misumi
pianist
Yoko Misumi is a Japanese classical pianist.
10. Gifton Elias
1987-. (aged 39)
composer
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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11. Vincent Crane
1943-1989 (aged 46)
pianist
songwriter
composer
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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12. Nubya Garcia
1991-. (aged 35)
bandleader
saxophonist
composer
Nubya Nyasha Garcia is a British jazz musician, saxophonist, composer and bandleader.
13. Avril Coleridge-Taylor
1903-1998 (aged 95)
pianist
conductor
composer
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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14. Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram
1959-. (aged 67)
musician
physician
Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram is a Carnatic music vocalist and cinema playback singer from Chennai.
15. Made Kuti
1996-. (aged 30)
singer
songwriter
saxophonist
instrumentalist
musician
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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16. Emma-Jean Thackray
1989-. (aged 37)
radio personality
composer
disc jockey
trumpeter
bandleader
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...
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17. George Lloyd
1913-1998 (aged 85)
composer
conductor
George Walter Selwyn Lloyd was a British composer.
18. Matthew Bourne
1960-. (aged 66)
director
dancer
theatrical director
ballet master
choreographer
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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19. Herbert Macaulay
1864-1946 (aged 82)
musician
architect
journalist
engineer
author
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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20. Mickey J. Meyer
1982-. (aged 44)
singer
film score composer
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),...
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21. A. R. Rahman
1966-. (aged 60)
film director
music director
record producer
entrepreneur
songwriter
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...
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22. Ilaiyaraaja
1943-. (aged 83)
musician
film score composer
composer
singer
actor
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...
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23. Fela Kuti
1938-1997 (aged 59)
composer
activist
saxophonist
conductor
singer
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...
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24. Harris Jayaraj
1974-. (aged 52)
composer
actor
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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25. John Powell
1947-2022 (aged 75)
athletics competitor
discus thrower
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,...
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26. Angelique Rockas
1951-. (aged 75)
dancer
researcher
television actor
theatre practitioner
theatrical producer
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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