Pauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros (born May 30, 1932 in Houston , Texas , † November 25, 2016 in New York City , New York ) was an American composer and accordionist.
Life
Oliveros studied in Houston from 1949 to 1952 and in San Francisco from 1954 to 1956 and took private tuition from Robert Erickson . From 1961 she worked with Steve Reich , Terry Riley , Ramon Sender and Morton Subotnick at the San Francisco Tape Music Center . From 1967 to 1981 she was director of the Center for Music Experiment at the University of California in San Diego / California .
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In 1985 she founded The Pauline Oliveros Foundation in Kingston / New York . With the Deep Listening program, which is part of the foundation, and the Deep Listening Band , she created a connection between meditation and music. In 2005 the foundation became the Deep Listening Institute . On June 9, 2014, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , the oldest technical university in the English-speaking world, announced the establishment of the Center For Deep Listening , which is to continue the work of the Deep Listening Institute and to preserve the life's work of Oliveros.
In addition to orchestral works and works for chamber music , she composed sound patterns for mixed choir (1961) and multimedia works such as a piece for electronically modified piano, tape and light effects and a play for fifteen actors, film and projections, tape and live sound material.
With the Deep Listening Band she recorded the album of the same name, Deep Listening , in October 1988 , which music experts consider a milestone in spatial sound art . In October 2013 she celebrated the band's 25th anniversary with a concert in Canada , together with founding member Stuart Dempster, the artist and writer Ione and the guest musicians Jonas Braasch , Jesse Stewart and Johannes Welsch. Oliveros and Dempster dedicated the concert to long-time band member David Gamper, who died in 2011. In 2017, works by the artist were performed at documenta 14 . In 2020 Oliveros presented the album Sounding / Way with Guy Klucevse .
Awards
- 1962 Composition Prize from the Gaudeamus Foundation
- 1977 Beethoven Prize of the City of Bonn
- 1999 SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2012 John Cage Award
- 2013 Giga Hertz Prize for Electronic Music
Fonts
- Breaking the silence , in: MusikTexte 76/77, 3–4.
- The roots of the moment. About hearing , in: MusikTexte 76/77, 83–85.
- Space is the place. Quantum Composition: The Cybernetic Present , in: MusikTexte 80, 11–15.
- No composing without concepts , in: MusikTexte 145, 69.
- Sex as we don't know it. Future prospects of computer music , in: MusikTexte 152, 56–65.
Secondary literature
- Margaret Ahrens: molting. About Pauline Oliveros , in: MusikTexte 76/77, 75–81.
- Pamela A. Madsen: Huge lap. The concept of “presence” in Pauline Oliveros' “Rose Moon” , in: MusikTexte 76/77, 85–90.
- Katherine Setar: Watertank Software. An “interaction” between Pauline Oliveros and a reverberant room , in: MusikTexte 76/77, 96–101.
- On the death of Pauline Oliveros. Contributions by Geeta Dayal, Ellen Fullman , Maggi Payne , Alvin Lucier , Christina Kubisch , Roger Reynolds , Bill Dietz, Brenda Hutchinson , Alvin Curran , Anne Bourne, Diamanda Galás , Christian Wolff , Johannes Goebel, Gisela Gronemeyer, in: MusikTexte 152, 37 -56.
Web links
- Web presence
- Lutz Felbick : Interview with Pauline Oliveros at the Deep-Listening Retreat in the Alps at Murren, Switzerland July 4 - 11, 1999 (German)
- Pauline Oliveros at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joshua Kosman: Pauline Oliveros, musical performer and experimentalist, this . San Francisco Chronicle , November 25, 2016, accessed November 27, 2016.
- ^ Deep Listening Band in the English language Wikipedia
- ^ Deep Listening Institute
- ↑ Center For Deep Listening Opens In Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences . In: RPI News , June 9, 2014.
- ^ Stuart Dempster in the English language Wikipedia
- ↑ Johannes Welsch in the English language Wikipedia
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^ Deep Listening Band with Pauline Oliveros at the Dunrobin Sonic Gym. Ottawa Jazz Scene, May 31, 2013; Archived from the original on May 22, 2014 ; accessed on November 27, 2016 (English). David Gamper in the English language Wikipedia
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Oliveros, Pauline |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1932 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston , Texas |
DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 2016 |
Place of death | New York City |