Sophie Reyer
Sophie Anna Reyer (born December 20, 1984 in Vienna ) is a poet, freelance writer for children's theater, holds a doctorate in philosophy and composer of classical music. She lives in Graz .
Life
Reyer studied German in Vienna and composition at the Graz University of Music . She graduated from Bakk in 2007 . art. in composition. Since 2009 she has been a member of the editorial team of the literary magazine Lichtungen . In 2010 she obtained a Master of Arts in composition for music theater. From 2011 she studied at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne . She completed her studies in 2013 and 2014 with diplomas and received her doctorate in 2017 at the University of Applied Arts Vienna with a thesis on performance and biopower .
Publications (selection)
Sophie Reyer's poems have been published in various literary magazines and anthologies . Her texts have been translated into Serbian , Polish and Spanish .
- go poet. Poetry book. With illustrations by Monika Migl a. a. Landeck 2005. ISBN 3-901735-17-8 .
- Withered birds. Graz, Leykam 2008. ISBN 978-3-7011-7639-7 .
- Baby blue eyes. Ritter, Klagenfurt, Graz, Vienna 2008. ISBN 978-3-85415-431-0 .
- Mary's. A necrology. Ritter Literatur, 2013. ISBN 3-85415-494-1 .
- The experience. SuKuLTuR, 2013
- Pun hall. Multimedia project by Sophie Reyer and AJ Weigoni 2014
- Flight (tracks) . Poems. Edition Keiper, Graz 2012. ISBN 3-85415-494-1 .
- Anna and the Wulian . Children's theater. Frankfurt a. M., S. Fischer, 2014.
- Insecticide . Novel. Graz, Leykam, 2014. ISBN 3-7011-7897-6 .
- Pun hall . Speaking score together with AJ Weigoni. Edition Das Labor, Bad Mülheim 2014.
- Sleeper . Narrative. Vienna, Edition Atelier, 2016. ISBN 978-3-903005-18-1 .
- Turtle days . Novel. Czernin-Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-7076-0615-7 .
- Mother burns , Edition Keiper, Graz 2019, ISBN 978-3-903144-85-9 .
- Leaning against the woods . Poems . Shoebox House Verlag, Hamburg 2019. ISBN 978-3-941120-36-5
Awards and grants
- 2007: Literature Promotion Prize of the City of Graz
- 2008: Prize of the Styrian Regional Health Insurance Fund, grant from the City of Graz, grant from the State of Styria
- 2009: Scholarship stay on the island of Hombroich , manuscript award from the city of Graz, Austrian start-up scholarship
- 2013: Winner at Nah dran - funding of children's theater pieces
- 2013: KUNO essay award for 'Reference Universe'
- 2014: lime lab for the Wortspielhalle project with Andrascz Jaromir Weigoni , Graz
Compositions
- ichsplitter for 2 bass clarinets and electronics (Grazer Hörfest 2006)
- ritschratsche for live electronics and voice in collaboration with Reinhold Schinwald (alte schmiede 2007)
- foie gras for sub-bass recorder and speaking voice (e_may 2007)
- yearning creatures Composition of a sound installation for the performance of Michaela Falkner (Forum Stadtpark 2008)
- vampyrella and belgrade in cooperation with the group TARO (Grazer Hörfest 2010)
- white noise for string quartet (Mummuth 2010)
- dassad for flute, clarinet, piano, speaking voice and electronics (Musikverein Wien 2010).
- Piece of origami for the piano competition in the Austria Pavilion as part of the Shanghai Expo (Shanghai 2010)
- marias strings for speaking voice and vocoder as part of the project "Klangwege" (music protocol, Helmut Liszt-Halle Graz 2010)
- ahninnen - an installation and “faceit” - a listening station. On portraits of women by Eva Murauer (in the City Museum Graz, 2011)
- mundtot for flute, speaking voice, vocoder and tape, a composer as part of Women's Day (live concert for Zeitton / ö1 on March 11, 2011)
- marien lied for Ensemble Platypus (Konzerthaus, November 2011)
- mother tongues for the duo soufflèe (Doris Nicoletti: flute, Theresia Schmidinger: clarinet)
- silk spinner for 2 flutes, voice, violin, tape and video
- dog (doug) for drum set, double bass and piano (8brückenfestival, Cologne 2012) “operation: nocturne” for 6 pianos, 6 loudspeakers and 6 pink stuffed poodles. Arrangement of 8 songs by Jörg Zemmler for choir.
Plays and musical theater
- Snow White Psychosis , first performance in 2009 in the Theater in der Drachengasse
- Doll box , mini drama. Performance in 2010 at the Schauspielhaus Wien
- Weißes Rauschen , music theater for three speakers and string quartet in e_may in the Kosmostheater. World premiere in 2012
- white noise , 2010 world premiere of the music theater together with Lucas Cejpek for ö1.
- oil game for Kunstradio ö1 , 2011
- 2011: Inside listening station and sound installation (music and text) as part of the exhibition "Ahninnen" in the Graz City Museum
- 2011: Libretto for the music theater "foreign body" (Salzburg Pocket Opera Festival)
- 2011: Love of tree liver at the workshop days in the Burgtheater. Staged reading
- 2012: dog pastor in the Theater im Keller Graz (Director: Petra Weutz)
- 2012: Letter to Papa in the Kabelwerk (Director: Sveta Schwin)
- 2012: Alice in Wonderland - Libretto for the PerformOper (Director: Ernst Binder, Composition Periklis Liakakis)
- 2013: Alice in Wonderland - radio play version
- 2013: Käferucht - Theater
Movies
- 2011: Field of View - a collection of experimental short films
- 2012: dizzy's pub with Stefanie Reinsperger , Jürgen Palmer ( KHM production)
- 2012: the experience (KHM production)
- 2012: baby grand piano in the Poetry Film Festival Berlin 2013
- 2013: hello, garden pirates (documentation about the guerrilla gardener Stefano Chiolo, KHM project)
- 2013: flax (stop motion, direction and script together with Elke Brugger, misspilz production)
Web links
- Literature by and about Sophie Reyer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sophie Reyer's website
- Sophie Reyer on the website of the Ritter Verlag
- Sophie Reyer at brg-landeck.tsn.at
- Literary port
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reyer, Sophie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reyer, Sophie Anna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |