Karl Jenkins

Sir Karl Jenkins CBE FRAM HonFLSW
Jenkins in 2017
Background information
Birth name	Karl William Pamp Jenkins
Born	(1944-02-17) 17 February 1944 (age 80) Penclawdd, Gower, Wales (Now part of Swansea)
Genres	Jazz rock classical
Occupation(s)	Composer musician
Instrument(s)	Keyboards oboe saxophone
Years active	1970–present
Labels	Virgin/EMI EMI Classics Deutsche Grammophon
Formerly of	Nucleus Adiemus Soft Machine
Website	karljenkins.com

Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins,^[1] CBE, FRAM, HonFLSW (born 17 February 1944) is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer. His best known works include the song "Adiemus" (1995, from the Adiemus album series), Palladio (1995), The Armed Man (2000), his Requiem (2005) and his Stabat Mater (2008).

Jenkins was educated in music at Cardiff University and the Royal Academy of Music, and he is a fellow and an associate of the latter. He joined the jazz-rock band Soft Machine in 1972 and became the group's lead songwriter in 1974. He continued to work with Soft Machine until 1984, but has not been involved with any incarnation of the group since. He has composed music for advertising campaigns and has won the industry prize twice.