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Jonathan Julian "Jon" Hopkins (born 15 August 1979〔) is an English producer and musician who writes and performs his own melodic electronica and dance music. After starting his career playing keyboard for Imogen Heap, he has produced or contributed to albums by Brian Eno, Coldplay, David Holmes, and others. Hopkins composed the soundtrack for the 2010 film ''Monsters'',〔〔 which was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Score. His third solo album, ''Insides'', reached no. 15 on the Dance/Electronic Album Chart in 2009.〔 His collaborations on ''Small Craft on a Milk Sea'' with Brian Eno and Leo Abrahams and ''Diamond Mine'' with King Creosote both reached no. 82 on the UK Albums Chart.〔〔 In 2011 ''Diamond Mine'' was nominated for a Mercury Prize, which is annually awarded for best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland.〔 ''Immunity'' was also nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize.〔 ==Early life, education== Jon Hopkins was born in 1979 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and grew up in nearby Wimbledon. He first became aware of electronic music after hearing early house music on the radio at the age of seven or eight, and also became a fan of Depeche Mode and the Pet Shop Boys.〔 These records inspired an early fascination with synths.〔 At the age of 12 Hopkins began studying piano at the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music in London, where he continued until age 17.〔 The composers that were greatly influential to him whilst studying were Ravel and Stravinsky, and he eventually won a competition to perform a concert of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G with an orchestra.〔 For a time Hopkins considered becoming a professional pianist, only to decide classical performance was too formal and unnerving to pursue full-time.〔 As a teenager he also listened to acid house, early hardcore, grunge,〔 as well as electronica artists such as Acen, Seefeel, and Plaid.〔 When Hopkins was 14 he got his first computer, an Amiga 500, and started programming MIDI material.〔 By the age of 15 he had saved up enough money from winning piano competitions to buy a low-level professional Roland synth,〔 and on this he began creating his first full-length electronic compositions.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jon Hopkins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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