Chaya Czernowin
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Chaya Czernowin is an Israeli composer
, and Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music at Harvard University
.
She is the lead composer at the Schloß Solitude Sommerakademie, a biannual international academy of composers and resident musicians at the landmark Schloß Solitude, in Stuttgart
, Germany
.
She is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow.
, and the University of California, San Diego
. Czernowin spent several years after her formal studies on residencies and fellowships in Japan
, Europe
, and the United States
.
She was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Composers' Prize
in 2003. Between 2006-2009 she was Professor of Composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, and Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
.
She is the lead composer at the Schloß Solitude Sommerakademie, a biannual international academy of composers and resident musicians at the landmark Schloß Solitude, in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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She is a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow.
Education and early career
Czernowin studied at the Rubin Academy of music at Tel-Aviv University, Bard CollegeBard College
Bard College, founded in 1860 as "St. Stephen's College", is a small four-year liberal arts college located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.-Location:...
, and the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
. Czernowin spent several years after her formal studies on residencies and fellowships in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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She was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Composers' Prize
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
The international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize is an annual music prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste on behalf of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung , established in 1972. The foundation was established by Ernst von Siemens...
in 2003. Between 2006-2009 she was Professor of Composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
Operas
- "opera without words," PNIMA...ins innere. (2000), premiered at the Munich BiennaleMunich BiennaleThe Munich Biennale is an opera festival in the city of Munich. The full German name is Internationales Festival für neues Musiktheater, literally: International Festival for New Music Theater. The biennial festival was created in 1988 by Hans Werner Henze and is held in even-numbered years over...
- A companion to Mozart's fragmentZaideZaide is an unfinished opera, K. 344, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. Emperor Joseph II, in 1778, was in the process of setting up an opera company for the purpose of performing German opera. One condition required of the composer to join this company was that he should write a...
, Adama/Zäide (2006) (interview http://www.beckmesser.de/komponisten/czernowin/adama-interview.htmlInterview in German)
Literature
- Gur, Golan. Czernowin, Chaya. In: Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online..
External links
- Art of the States: Chaya Czernowin two works by the composer
- "Separate Universes Coexisting: Chaya Czernowin’s Musical Artistry," article in The Forward Newspaper published October 20, 2010.
- Either/Or: Chaya Czernowin - Die Kreuzung