Editing Karl Jenkins (section)

{{Short description|Welsh musician and composer (born 1944)}}
{{similar names|Carl Jenkins (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Karl Jenkins
| honorific_prefix  = [[Knight Bachelor|Sir]]
| honorific_suffix  = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FRAM}} [[Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales|HonFLSW]]
| image             = Karl Jenkins - St David Awards 2017.png
| caption           = Jenkins in 2017
| birth_name        = Karl William Pamp Jenkins
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1944|02|17}}
| birth_place       = [[Penclawdd]], [[Gower Peninsula|Gower]], Wales (Now part of Swansea)
| origin            = 
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Jazz]]|rock|classical}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Composer|musician}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Keyboards|oboe|flute|saxophones}}
| years_active      = 1970–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]/[[EMI]]|[[EMI Classics]]|[[Deutsche Grammophon]]}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[Nucleus (band)|Nucleus]]|Adiemus<!-- [[Adiemus (ensemble)]] currently redirects here -->|[[Soft Machine]]}}
| associated_acts   = 
| website           = {{URL|karljenkins.com}}
}}
'''Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins''',<ref name="LG59446"/> {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|FRAM}}, [[Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales|HonFLSW]] (born 17 February 1944) is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer. His best known works include the song "[[Adiemus (song)|Adiemus]]" (1995, from the [[Adiemus (albums)|''Adiemus'' album series]]), ''[[Palladio (Jenkins)|Palladio]]'' (1995), ''[[The Armed Man]]'' (2000), his [[Requiem (Jenkins)|Requiem]] (2005) and his [[Stabat Mater (Jenkins)|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.