| Olga Nunes | |
| Birth Name: | Olga Nunes |
| Birth Date: | January 1st |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Canada |
| Instrument: | Piano |
| Genre: | Piano rock, alternative rock, art pop, art rock, baroque pop |
| Occupation: | Composer, producer |
| Associated Acts: | Shipwrek, Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman |
Olga Nunes is a Canadian-born performer, pianist, singer and composer based in San Francisco, California.
Olga began writing songs in 2005, after being taught the basics of piano by a Buddhist monk, and began playing with her band in Los Angeles soon after.[1] Her first video of her single "A Dream Of Gardens" was released in 2007, with lyrics by Neil Gaiman. Gaiman also credits Nunes in his crowd-sourcing success.[2]
Nunes also collaborated with Amanda Palmer, designing and curating the “'Who Killed Amanda Palmer “alternate reality game .[3]
In 2009, Olga recorded the xkcd song "Boomdeyada", which she later directed and co-produced as a video with Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton, and Cory Doctorow,.[4]
In 2010 Olga launched a project for the forthcoming album LAMP, a series of songs with a fictional story woven around them, told in videos and art installations.[5]
Olga Nunes, then developed a feature-length a documentary; Temple of Art (with Allan Amato). The documentary profiles Grant Morrison, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Thies, Barron Storey, Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, David W. Mack, Dave McKean and others,[6] each sharing their stories of their creations, influences and philosophies.[7]
Olga was born in Montreal, Canada, to Spanish and Brazilian parents. Raised in Florida as a teenager, her first experience with music took the form of musical theatre.
Olga is currently living in San Francisco.
Nunes has also released more than a dozen singles and 20 B-sides, and has contributed original material to independent film soundtracks.