He was himself a promising composer and pianist, but he died at the age of eleven in mysterious circumstances.

The album's four original songs (out of 11) reveal him to be a promising composer, but each piece points him in a different direction.

Before starting his career as a writer, Stern was an accomplished cellist and promising composer.

"We know that to get the smashes down the road, there have to be relationships established with promising composers early on."

You are one of this country's most promising composers, and your best works still lie ahead.

In the 1930s Cooke carved out a reputation for himself as a promising young composer, and his music was taken up by leading interpreters.

The second brother Ellis Gibbons (1573-1603) was also a promising composer, but died young.

He omitted Gershwin from his surveys of important or promising American composers.

He began building a reputation as England's most promising young composer.

After that he mainly taught many of the country's most promising composers.