The UK's most popular contemporary composer, Karl Jenkins was born in 1944 and was raised in Penclawdd, South West Wales. His father was a school teacher, organist and choir master, who taught ...

Welsh composer Karl Jenkins's, 'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' topped the list of 30 most popular classical works for the year. 'The Armed Man' was commissioned in 2000 by the Royal Armouries ...