Caroline Shaw
Caroline Adelaide Shaw (born August 1, 1982 in Greenville , North Carolina ) is an American composer , violinist and singer. In 2013 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize of Music for her Partita for 8 Voices .
life and work
Caroline Shaw began playing the violin at the age of two and graduated from Yale University with a Masters in this instrument . She also composed in childhood. In 2010 she began a PhD in composition at Princeton University . A Thomas J. Watson Fellowship also enabled her to study historical gardens. Shaw participates in various ensembles, such as the violinist in the American Contemporary Music Ensemble and as a singer in the Trinity Wall Street Choir and Roomful of Teeth .
Caroline Shaw, who sees herself more as a musician than a composer, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize of Music in 2013 for her a cappella composition Partita for 8 Voices , the 2012 debut recording of the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth on New Amsterdam Records was born. She is one of the few women - and at the same time the youngest of all award winners - to have received this prestigious award.
On April 21, 2019 New Amsterdam and Nonesuch Records released the album Orange . It contains compositions by Shaw, recorded by the Attacca Quartet.
Caroline Shaw worked several times with rapper and producer Kanye West . Among other things, she worked as a violinist, singer and arranger on a reinterpretation of the piece Say You Will from West's album 808s & Heartbreak and as producer and singer on West's album The Life of Pablo .
Discography (selection)
- Roomful of Teeth , New Amsterdam 2012
- Orange , with the Attaca Quartet, Nonesuch 2019
Individual evidence
- ^ Caroline Shaw: Partita for 8 Voices, Youtube
- ↑ a b Tom Huizenga: Caroline Shaw's Love Letter To The String Quartet. NPR , accessed August 16, 2019 .
- ^ Kanye West Shares New Versions of "Say You Will" and the Weeknd's "Tell Your Friends" | Pitchfork. In: pitchfork.com. Retrieved November 13, 2016 .
- ↑ THE LIFE OF PABLO CREDITS. In: kanyewest.com. Retrieved November 13, 2016 .
Web links
- Website of Caroline Shaw (Engl.)
- Biographer. Information pulitzer.org (Engl.)
- Zachary Woolfe: With Pulitzer, She Became a Composer . The New York Times, April 17, 2013
- Anastasia Tsioulcas: Caroline Shaw, 30, Wins Pulitzer For Music . NPR Classical
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shaw, Caroline |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shaw, Caroline Adelaide (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, violinist and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greenville, North Carolina |