Jonny Greenwood
Alternative rock, Composer
1971 –
Who is Jonny Greenwood?
Jonathan Richard Guy "Jonny" Greenwood is an English musician and composer best known as a member of the rock band Radiohead. Beyond his primary roles as Radiohead's lead guitarist and keyboardist, Greenwood is a multi-instrumentalist and also plays viola, harmonica, glockenspiel, ondes Martenot, banjo and drums, and works with computer-generated sounds and sampling; he is also a computer programmer and writes music software used by Radiohead. Noted for his aggressive playing style, Greenwood is consistently named as one of the greatest guitarists of the modern era.
Greenwood wrote the soundtracks for the films Bodysong, There Will Be Blood, Norwegian Wood, We Need To Talk About Kevin and The Master, and serves as composer-in-residence for the BBC Concert Orchestra. He is the younger brother of Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood.
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- Born
- Nov 5, 1971
Oxford - Also known as
- Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood
- Jonny
- Greenwood
- Jonathan
- Jonathan Richard Guy "Jonny" Greenwood
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Sharona Katan
(1995 - )
- Sharona Katan
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Abingdon School
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on July 23, 2013
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