Monika Defiance
Monika Sportwetten (born April 9, 1965 in Vienna ; † June 13, 2012 ) was an Austrian contralto , jazz singer and composer . The Austrian music lexicon counted in 2008 among the most important jazz vocalists of the Vienna jazz scene.
Live and act
Despite, her singing career began in the children's choir and then sang in the church choir. She first studied dance pedagogy at the Vienna Conservatory before switching to the musical course at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts . During this time she was already singing in a jazz band. From 1989 to 1992 she studied jazz singing at the Musikhochschule Graz with Mark Murphy , Sheila Jordan , Jay Clayton and Andy Bey , which supplemented her classical singing training at the Franz Schubert Conservatory (between 1983 and 1985). She also took composition lessons from Christoph Cech .
She sang in a quintet with Uli Scherer , Herbert Joos and Hélène Labarrière and in a duo with Anna Lauvergnac . She went on tour with the Vienna Art Orchestra as well as with the Koehne Quartet . She composed in the field of new music for the Ensemble Janus as well as in the field of jazz for the Ensemble L'Ardeur, which she leads, the Koehne Quartet and the Concert Jazz Orchestra Vienna. Furthermore, she sang in the a cappella quartet Velvet Voices since 2002 , worked as a music teacher and gave jazz singing lessons at the Gustav Mahler Conservatory in Vienna .
Monikalik died of cancer in June 2012 at the age of 47.
Prizes and awards
In 1998 she received a state scholarship for composition; the following year she was the winner of the Gustav Mahler Composition Competition . She was also awarded a federal work grant for composing.
Discographic notes
- Vienna Art Orchestra Ballads (1995, 1996)
- Heinrich von Kalnein Perfect World (with Lars Lindvall , Emil Spayi, Henning Sieverts , Christian Salfellner and Nguyên Lê ; 1997)
- Janus things
- L'ardeur Quieten Down (with Ilse Riedler, Wolfgang Puschnig , Uli Scherer, Ingrid Oberkanins , Maria Frodl; 2005)
- Velvet Voices Nylons, Swing & Chesterfield (2005)
- Velvet Voices essence (2006)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ entry (music database Austria)
- ↑ Nina Peterz: Despite, Monika. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online. June 3, 2008, accessed March 30, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Despite, Monika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian contralto, jazz singer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 2012 |