Jocy de Oliveira explained
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)
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Randel, Don Michael. The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. 2003. Cambridge.
- Web site: Jocy de Oliveira. 19 October 2010. 18 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718145304/http://musicabrasileira.org/reviewsinterviews/jocy.html. dead.
- Book: The Cambridge history of Latin America. Bethell, Leslie. 1995.
- Web site: Jocy De Oliveira. 19 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110611150136/http://www.cdemusic.org/Jocy-De-Oliveira-c83.html. 11 June 2011. dead.
- Book: Women, art, and technology. Malloy, Judy. 2003.
