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Brazilian pianist, multimedia artist and composer
Jocy de Oliveira (born 11 April 1936) is a
Brazilian pianist, multimedia artist and composer.
Biography
Jocy de Oliveira was born in
Curitiba and grew up in
São Paulo ,
Brazil . She studied in São Paulo with
Joseph Kliass , in
Paris with
Marguerite Long , and in
St. Louis with
Robert Wykes .
[1] She received a Master of Arts from
Washington University in St. Louis .
De Oliveira became a concert pianist as a child, playing internationally with artists including
Stravinsky and
John Cage . She married conductor
Eleazar de Carvalho but later divorced, and lived in St. Louis,
New York City and
Rio de Janeiro . She is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Music,
[2] and is the author of four books.
[3]
Honors and awards
Rockefeller Foundation
New York Council on the Arts
Meet the Composer
Foundation of Art and Culture Vitae (Brazil)
[4]
Works
De Oliveira composes mainly electronic and multimedia works for video projects, stage and musical theater.
[5] Selected works include:
Polinterações I and II (1970)
Música no espaço , planetarium event (1982/83)
Fata Morgana (1987)
Liturgia Thurs Espaço (1988)
Inori à prostituta Sagrada (1993)
Illud Tempus (1994)
Canto e Raga (1995)
Cenas de una Trilogia (1999)
As Malibran (1999/2000)
Medea, Profecia e Balada (2003)
Kseni Estrangeira-A (2003/2005)
Her work has been recorded and issued on CD and DVD, including:
Books
O 3 º Mundo (São Paulo, 1959)
Apague meu spot light (São Paulo, 1961)
Dias e seus Caminhos Mapas e partituras (1983)
Inori - a prostituta sagrada (2003)
References
^ Randel, Don Michael (2003). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music . Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
^
"Jocy de Oliveira" . Archived from
the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010 .
^ Bethell, Leslie (1995). The Cambridge history of Latin America .
^
"Jocy De Oliveira" . Archived from
the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010 .
^ Malloy, Judy (2003). Women, art, and technology .
External links
International National Artists Other