A statue of Benjamin Britten as a boy will be put up in his home town next year after fundraisers reached their target of £110,000. The life-size bronze sculpture will be installed near the ...

The monument, showing Benjamin Britten as a boy, is set to be installed this summer on the seafront in Lowestoft opposite the house where he was born. The campaign reached its £120,000 ...

Later, at the Royal College of Music, John Ireland was his composition teacher; Arthur Benjamin (of Jamaica Rumba fame) taught him piano. Britten’s unique voice was quick in arriving and soon after ...