Silvia Sommer
Silvia Sommer (born April 9, 1944 in Vienna ) is an Austrian composer and pianist .
Life
Silvia Sommer studied piano with Marianne Lauda and Josef Dichler and composition with Alfred Uhl at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . She works internationally as a pianist and composer, and many of her works have been recorded for radio.
Honors
- 1994 1st prize in the composition competition of the Franz Josef Reinl Foundation
- Prize winner at the International Composition Competition for String Orchestra in honor of Ernest Bloch (Lugano)
Compositions
Silvia Sommer's oeuvre encompasses solo and ensemble works with a wide variety of ensembles, choral and orchestral works and film music. Your catalog raisonné at music austria comprises 178 titles (as of 2012).
Recordings
- Piano night. Piano works by female composers from the Romantic era and the present (1996). Bayer Records
- Cosmic Spheres (1993). Electronic music. Esovision
- Extreme sacrifice . Esovision
literature
- Alexander Rausch : Summer, Silvia. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
Web links
- music information center austria
- INOEK (Interest Group of Lower Austrian Women Composers)
- Sylvia Sommer's website
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Summer, Silvia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moro, Philipp (pseudonym); Schwarz, Silvia (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |