{{Short description|English arts administrator}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2013}} '''Michael Vyner''' (1943 - 20 October 1989) was an English arts administrator.
Formerly employed by the music publishers Schott Music, he was Musical Director of the London Sinfonietta from 1972 until his death in 1989. He was one of the victims of the AIDS epidemic.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Garner |first1=Claire |title=Arts suffer most as Aids rages on |journal=The Independent |date=26 November 1995 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/arts-suffer-most-as-aids-rages-on-1583729.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/arts-suffer-most-as-aids-rages-on-1583729.html |archive-date=14 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref>
Vyner's death occasioned a range of musical tributes from some of the major composers of the day, including Hans Werner Henze (''Requiem''),<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/Hire_Material/show,152570.html Schott Music - Shop - Hans Werner Henze - Requiem<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Luciano Berio (''Leaf'', for piano),<ref>[http://www.universaledition.com/Leaf-from-6-Encores-for-piano-Luciano-Berio/composers-and-works/composer/54/work/3339 Luciano Berio – Leaf - Universal Edition<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Harrison Birtwistle (''Ritual Fragment''),<ref>[http://www.universaledition.com/Cortege-for-14-musicians-Sir-Harrison-Birtwistle/composers-and-works/composer/64/work/12802 Sir Harrison Birtwistle – Cortege - Universal Edition<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Toru Takemitsu (''Litany - In Memory of Michael Vyner'' and ''My Way of Life - In Memory of Michael Vyner''),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.schott-music.co.uk/shop/1/show,324406.html | title=My Way of Life }}</ref> Peter Maxwell Davies (''Threnody on a Plainsong for Michael Vyner''),<ref>[http://www.maxopus.com/work_detail.aspx?key=302 Work Detail - Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - maxopus.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Henryk Górecki (''Good Night, In Memoriam Michael Vyner''), and Oliver Knussen (''Secret Psalm'').<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fabermusic.com/repertoire/secret-psalm-1174 | title=Secret Psalm | Faber Music }}</ref>
From 1990 to 2004 there was a Michael Vyner Trust, established to assist young composers and commission new works. Michael Vyner's papers are held by the British Library.<ref>[http://www.cecilia-uk.org/html/search/verb/GetRecord/365 Cecilia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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