Eleanor Alberga

Eleanor Alberga (* 1949 in Kingston / Jamaica ) is a British composer.

Career

Alberga took piano lessons from the age of 5 and performed as a pianist until 2001, sometimes with her husband, the violinist Thomas Bowes . In 1970 she won the West Indian Associated Board Scholarship , which enabled her to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She performed with an African dance company and was a member of the Jamaican Folk Singers for three years .

Alberga began her career as a composer with works for the London Contemporary Dance Theater , of which she became musical director. Her most important works include a violin concerto composed for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Joseph Swensen , the orchestral work Mythologies , which premiered in 2000 under the direction of Leonard Slatkin , Sun Warrior , the opera Letters of a Love Betrayed based on a libretto by Donald Sturrock , a work commissioned for the Royal Opera House and Music Theater Wales , Dancing with the Shadow , on a bat's back I do fly for Kokoro for chamber ensemble , several string quartets and a piano quintet .

Web link

• Homepage of Eleanor Alberga

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• AfriClassical - Eleanor Alberga (b.1949)
• NMC Recordings - Eleanor Alberga