Oxana Omelchuk

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Oxana Omelchuk , actually Oxana Omel'čuk , also spelling Oxana Omeltschuk , (* 1975 in Bjarosa , Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic , now Belarus ) is a Belarusian composer who lives in Germany .

life and work

Oxana Omelchuk was born in the city of Bjarosa, then part of the Belarusian Socialist Soviet Republic, which has been part of the newly founded Republic of Belarus since 1991. She now lives in Germany. After completing her school education, she studied composition with Professor Johannes Fritsch and in electronic composition with Professor Michael Beil at the University of Music in Cologne . Omelchuk graduated with a master's degree .

She has received various prizes and grants , such as a. DAAD scholarship 2003, Bernd Alois Zimmermann scholarship from the city of Cologne in 2006, residence scholarship in the artist village of Schöppingen 2007, Baldreit scholarship from the city of Baden-Baden in 2009 and scholarship from the Kölnischer Kunstverein in 2011, as well as a residence scholarship in the villa in 2018 Aurora .

Omelchuk is mainly active in the field of new music . Numerous premieres of her compositions have so far been given at the New Music Festival in Wuppertal , often in Cologne ( Romanesque Summer , Young Biennale , Eight Bridges ), in Munich at the Munich Biennale and musica viva, and at the Donaueschinger Musiktage . Omelchuk created several commissioned compositions and received a. a. Commissions from the German Music Council (DMR), the WDR , the Kunststiftung NRW , the SWR and various Cologne festivals and ensembles with which she works closely.

Oxana Omelchuk lives and works in Cologne.

Works

Omelchuk has created numerous compositions for musical theater , choir , orchestra , ensemble, chamber music and solo instruments . The following is a selection of her work from 2004–2014:

Musical theater

  • Failed performance (for 3 actors and tape, 2006)
  • Spring calls (for 3 singers and tape, 2007)
  • Princess and the Pea (for a puppeteer, mandolin, guitar, singing saw and drums, 2007)
  • Greetings to you, Kö ... ( performance for organ-playing singer, 2008)

Choir

  • Ubi Caritas (for women's choir, 2009)
  • Gaunerlieder (for mixed choir, 2014)

orchestra

  • Tschastuschka (for orchestra, 2009)
  • The Mantle Suite (for orchestra, 2009)

ensemble

  • Quodlibet (for flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, harpsichord and percussion, 2006)
  • Temps Dèchirès (for ensemble: flute, double bass clarinet, flugelhorn, triangle, trombone, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and 2 percussionists, 2008)
  • Cereals (for ensemble and tape, 2011)
  • Staahaadler monkey-house (for drum set , ensemble and Samplepads , 2012)
  • Command – horse – arrow (for 34 recorders and tape, 2013)

Chamber music

  • Seven intrades (for clarinet, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, double bass, organ and percussion, 2004)
  • Canti del Paradiso (for soprano, flute, trumpet, horn, harmonium and percussion; based on texts from the Divine Comedy by Dante , 2005)
  • Saltando II (for 2 guitars and 2 percussionists, 2008)
  • "Mon Chier Amy ..." (for viola, violoncello, double bass and tape, 2012)
  • Opus 56 (for flute, clarinet, trumpet and Casio DM 100 orchestra , 2013)

Solo instruments

  • Saltando I (for guitar solo, 2007)
  • Midsummer Night's Songs (for accordion-playing singer, 2008)
  • Homage to Clara Schumann (for cello solo, 2009)
  • Staahaadler Aff (for drums and sample pad, 2010)
  • 5 dedications to the hidden recipients (for accordion and tape, 2013)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Schlagquartett Köln - Repertoire - Composers - Oxana Omelchuk. In: schlagquartett.de. 2014, accessed August 17, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c d See self-information on the homepage: Oxana Omelchuk - Bio. In: oxanaomelchuk.com. Retrieved on August 18, 2016 (German, English).
  3. ↑ Villa Aurora Fellows 2018 , Villa Aurora, July 14, 2017, accessed on July 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ See excerpts from the catalog raisonné on Oxana Omelchuk's homepage: Works. In: oxanaomelchuk.com. 2015, accessed on August 18, 2016 (German, English).
personal data
SURNAME Omelchuk, Oxana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Omel'čuk, Oxana (real name); Omelchuk, Oxana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Bjarosa , Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic