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Olga Neuwirth (* 4 August 1968 in Graz) is an Austrian composer.

Life

Olga Neuwirth’s father is the pianist Harry Neuwirth. She is the niece of Gösta Neuwirth; the sculptor Flora Neuwirth is her younger sister. Through her mother, who had contacts with the Vienna Group, Neuwirth became acquainted with Konrad Bayer, H. C. Artmann and Alfred Kolleritsch.

Neuwirth grew up in Schwanberg, she received her school education in Deutschlandsberg. She had to give up her original plans to study trumpet after an accident with a jaw injury. Already as a high school student she took part in composition workshops with Hans Werner Henze and Gerd Kühr. At sixteen she met Elfriede Jelinek, with whom she became friends. The seventeen-year-old gave her first composition the name “The Yellow Cow Dances Ragtime”.

At the 2nd Deutschlandsberg Youth Music Festival in 1985, she worked with Hans Werner Henze on “Robert, the Devil”. This communal opera in two acts, with a libretto by Elfriede Jelinek (based on a West Styrian fairy tale), was premiered on 27 October 1985 at the Koralmhalle Deutschlandsberg.

From 1985 she studied in San Francisco at the Conservatory of Music and the Art College, painting and film. In Vienna, Olga Neuwirth continued her studies at the Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts and the Electroacoustic Institute. From 1993 to 1994 Neuwirth studied with Tristan Murail in Paris. She received essential inspiration from her encounters with Adriana Hölszky (Don’t get sidetracked! Keep going!) and Luigi Nono. She completed her studies with a master’s thesis “On the use of film music in ‘L’amour à mort’ by Alain Resnais”.

In 1991 Olga Neuwirth became internationally known with mini-operas based on texts by Elfriede Jelinek.

Neuwirth belongs to the musical avant-garde and sees herself stimulated and inspired by the writer Elfriede Jelinek, who is a friend of hers. She herself describes her music as “catastrophe music”, which expresses a fundamental pessimism in which, nevertheless, despair does not prevail, but the prevailing indignation gives strength to artistic projects. Because of this attitude and the largely harmony-free realisation of her musical works, Neuwirth is considered an enfant terrible of the Austrian classical music scene. The sound patterns of her music resemble intricate labyrinths and are constantly changing. Neuwirth combines classical music and electronics with natural sounds. She values the countertenor as a voice, for example in Bählamms Fest (Jeremy) and Lost Highway (Mystery Man).

In 1999 the opera Bählamms Fest was premiered at the Wiener Festwochen. Neuwirth dedicated the commissioned work, which she had been writing since 1997 in Venice, to her mother. In 2000 she was composer-in-residence at the Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen in Antwerp, and in 2002 (with Pierre Boulez) at the Lucerne Festival. Her work Clinamen/Nodus, written for Pierre Boulez and the London Symphony Orchestra, was heard on a worldwide tour after its London premiere in 2000. In 2002 she was composer-in-residence at the Lucerne Festival. In 2003, the world premiere of the music theatre Lost Highway took place in Graz. At the 2006 Salzburg Festival, her Trumpet Concerto was premiered by the Vienna Philharmonic.

Olga Neuwirth took part in documenta 12 in 2007. In 2008 the English premiere of Lost Highway took place at the English National Opera.

In 2008 she collaborated on the project “The Absolute Film”, in which films from the 1920s were set to music anew: Neuwirth composed the music for Symphonie diagonale from 1924. She also wrote the music for the film Das Vaterspiel by Michael Glawogger.

The commissioned work The Outcast was premiered by Michael Simon at the Mannheim National Theatre in 2012, though not in the spirit of the composer and her librettists Anna Mitgutsch and Barry Gifford. Her orchestral work Masaot/Clocks without Hands was premiered by the Vienna Philharmonic under Daniel Harding at the Kölner Philharmonie on 6 May 2015.

Neuwirth’s opera Orlando, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, is the first full-length opera composed by a woman to be commissioned by the Vienna State Opera. The premiere took place on 8 December 2019.

Source Wiki: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Neuwirth

List of opera

  • "According to What" Doppelkonzert für Orchester, Violoncello und SchlagwerkWorld premiere 07. Oktober 2022 at Helmut List Halle in Graz, Österreich

Discography





Sheet music

Score for choire

The outcastfor Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Kinderchorchildrens choir, Männerchormale choir; Akkordeonaccordion, E-Gitarreelectric guitar
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for Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Kinderchorchildrens choir, Männerchormale choir; Akkordeonaccordion, E-Gitarreelectric guitar
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Aufenthaltfor 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
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for 4-stimmig4 part, Chor & Orchesterchoir and orchestra, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
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Nova Mobfor Gemischter Chormixed choir;

for Gemischter Chormixed choir;

Nova Mobfor A-Cappellaa cappella, Frauenchorwomens choir;
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for A-Cappellaa cappella, Frauenchorwomens choir;
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Score for chamber music

Verfremdung Entfremdungfor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano

for Flöteflute, Klavierpiano

Ad auras in memoriamfor Percussionpercussion, Violineviolin

for Percussionpercussion, Violineviolin

Torsionfor Fagottbassoon

for Fagottbassoon

Valuta + Sospesofor Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion, Streicherstrings

for Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion, Streicherstrings

Fondamentafor Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Saxophonsaxophone



for Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Saxophonsaxophone

Hommage a Klaus Nomi
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Trurl‐Tichy‐Tinklefor Klavierpiano



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voluta - sospesofor Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion, Streicherstrings

for Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion, Streicherstrings

Five Daily Miniaturesfor Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin



for Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

Five Daily Miniaturesfor Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin



for Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

Five Daily Miniaturesfor Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin



for Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

La vie....ulcérant(e)for Cellocello, E-Gitarreelectric guitar, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola





for Cellocello, E-Gitarreelectric guitar, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola

Morphologische Fragmente...for Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion, Violineviolin



for Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion, Violineviolin

Hommage a Klaus Nomi
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Zwei Rätsel von W.A.M.for Cellocello, Percussionpercussion, Violaviola





for Cellocello, Percussionpercussion, Violaviola

Dialogues Suffisantsfor Cellocello, Percussionpercussion





for Cellocello, Percussionpercussion

Quasare - Pulsarefor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano

for Flöteflute, Klavierpiano

The Long Rain
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Settorifor Streicherstrings



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Settorifor Streicherstrings



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coronAtion II: Naufraghi del mondo che hanno ancorfor Flöteflute, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Lautelute, Violaviola, Violineviolin



for Flöteflute, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Lautelute, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Keyframes for a Hippogriff
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Zwei Duette
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Ondate 1for Saxophonsaxophone



for Saxophonsaxophone

Marsyas IIfor Cellocello, Flöteflute, Klavierpiano, Violaviola





for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Klavierpiano, Violaviola

Nova + Minraud





Spleen IIfor Bassflötebass flute





for Bassflötebass flute

Fumbling & Tumblingfor Trompetetrumpet



for Trompetetrumpet

Pallas + Constructionfor Percussionpercussion

for Percussionpercussion

Spleen IIIfor Saxophonsaxophone



for Saxophonsaxophone

...ad auras...for Percussionpercussion, Violineviolin



for Percussionpercussion, Violineviolin

Ondate IIfor Bassklarinettebass clarinet





for Bassklarinettebass clarinet

incidendo - fluidofor Klavierpiano





for Klavierpiano

Morphologische Fragmente...for Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion, Violineviolin

Spleenfor Bassklarinettebass clarinet





for Bassklarinettebass clarinet

Marsyas (2003-2004/2006)for Klavierpiano





for Klavierpiano

Akroate Hadalfor Cellocello, Streicherstrings, Violaviola, Violineviolin



for Cellocello, Streicherstrings, Violaviola, Violineviolin

coronAtion IV: whoever brought me here...for Percussionpercussion

for Percussionpercussion

coronAtion III spreading a dying sparkfor Bassklarinettebass clarinet, E-Gitarreelectric guitar, Saxophonsaxophone

for Bassklarinettebass clarinet, E-Gitarreelectric guitar, Saxophonsaxophone

Akroate Hadalfor Cellocello, Streicherstrings, Violaviola, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Streicherstrings, Violaviola, Violineviolin

coronAtion I: io son ferito ahimèfor Percussionpercussion



for Percussionpercussion

Quasare / Pulsare IIfor Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

Ishmaela’s White World
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Ondatefor Saxophonsaxophone

for Saxophonsaxophone

Voluta - sospesofor Bassetthornbasset horn, Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion, Violineviolin





for Bassetthornbasset horn, Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion, Violineviolin

Eleanorfor E-Gitarreelectric guitar, Percussionpercussion
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for E-Gitarreelectric guitar, Percussionpercussion
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Piazza dei numeri
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In Nacht und Eis (2007)for Akkordeonaccordion, Fagottbassoon





for Akkordeonaccordion, Fagottbassoon

Quasare - Pulsarefor Klavierpiano, Violineviolin



for Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

Lakifor Trompetetrumpet





for Trompetetrumpet

Lakifor Trompetetrumpet
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Magic Flu-idityfor Flöteflute

for Flöteflute

Weariness heals Wounds Ifor Violaviola



for Violaviola

Score for orchestra

Miramondo multiplofor Trompetetrumpet
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for Trompetetrumpet
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Suite Fuer Teremin + Ensemblefor Theremintheremin
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for Theremintheremin
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Lonicera Caprifolium
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Vexierbilder
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Lonicera Caprifolium
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Die Stadt ohne Juden
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Aellofor Flöteflute, Streicherstrings, Trompetetrumpet
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for Flöteflute, Streicherstrings, Trompetetrumpet
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Clinamen - Nodusfor Celestacelesta, Percussionpercussion, Streicherstrings
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for Celestacelesta, Percussionpercussion, Streicherstrings
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Fondamenta II





Instrumental-Inseln
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Elfi und Andi
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coronAtion V: Spraying Sounds of Hopefor Bläserwind section, Percussionpercussion
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for Bläserwind section, Percussionpercussion
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Evviva!
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American Lulu
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Anaptyxis
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Trurliade - Zone Zerofor Percussionpercussion
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Masaot / Clocks without hands
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Sans Soleil - Zerrspiegel
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Maudite soit la guerre
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Vampyrotheone
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Bählamms Fest
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