Vivienne Olive

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Vivienne Olive (born May 31, 1950 in London ) is a British-German composer (she has British and German citizenship).

Life

Vivienne Olive studied piano, harpsichord, organ and music theory at Trinity College of Music in London. From 1968 she continued her studies at the University of York , where she received her doctorate in composition in 1975. Her teachers include the composers Bernard Rands (York 1971/72), Franco Donatoni (Milan 1972–74), Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (Vienna 1974/75) and Klaus Huber ( Freiburg University of Music 1975–78, where she also studied Harpsichord with Stanislav Heller ).

In 1979 Vivienne Olive was appointed lecturer for music theory and composition at the Nuremberg Mastersingers Conservatory (today the Nuremberg University of Music ). In 1980 she was co-founder of the New Music Days in Nuremberg. Since 1995 she has been a board member of the International Working Group on Women and Music . 1993-95 she taught at the University of Ballarat and James Cook University in Australia ; In 2005 she was composer in residence at the Künstlerhaus Bundanon ( New South Wales , Australia).

Honors

  • 1993 Hamelin Youth Music School Prize (for An English Suite )
  • 1998 1st prize at the Leni Neuenschwander competition organized by GEDOK (for Like a Garden , Hommage à Hildegard von Bingen )
  • Stuttgart Prize of the Bach Academy (for Stabat Mater )
  • Stuttgart Composition Prize (for Tomba di Bruno )

Compositions

Vocal works

  • Ripples of Unseen Rivers (2002) for countertenor and drums. Text: Walt Whitman
  • Love Came So Quietly (2002) for women's choir (SSA), ad libitum with accompaniment (keyboard instrument). Text: John Shaw Neilson
  • Of broken wings and artificial flowers (2004). Four songs for mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano. Texts: Anna Kerdijk Nicholson

Chamber music

  • … Is the flower of the heart of man… (1985) for bass flute (title based on a poem by Ono no Komachi [~ 825- ~ 900], in English by Arthur Waley )
  • … And the willows drowse and sleep… (2002) for harp (based on a poem by Carl Sandburg )
  • Version for flute, viola and harp (2003)
  • The Light of the Mind (2002) for Erhu (or violin)
  • Bush Gin Rag (2004) for piano
  • Ceilidh (2005) for accordion

Ensemble and orchestral works

  • Music for Tuba and Orchestra (2002)
  • The river runs across the page (2004) for chamber ensemble (flutes, clarinets, glockenspiel, xylophone and strings)
  • The Ugly Duckling , fairytale opera (Libretto Doris Dörrie )

student

literature

  • Renate Matthei, Brunhilde Sonntag: Vivienne Olive - "... the feelings for the soul of my audience are important to me ..." . In: Approach II - to seven female composers . Furore Verlag , Kassel 1987

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personal data
SURNAME Olive, Vivienne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-German composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH London