At age 88, two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins has released his first single as a composer. The single, “Bracken Road,” comes from a selection of orchestral works written across more than six decades that will be released as part of the “Life is a Dream” album.
Early Beginnings
Hopkins started playing the piano at age 4 and has been composing music all his life. He started improvising on the piano at age 6, and by the time he was a teenager, he was composing music for local plays.
The album is performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Grammy Award-winning conductor Gustavo Dudamel, and was recorded at Alexandra Palace, London, in April. It is “inspired by Hopkins’ family, Wales and a lifetime of experience,” according to the statement.
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