BARBARA HELLER - GERMANY
BORN 06 NOVEMBER
Barbara Heller (born 6 November 1936) is a German composer and pianist. She lives in Darmstadt, in the Odenwald and at times on the Canary Island of La Gomera.
Barbara Heller studied music in Mannheim and Munich and graduated in 1957. Her first attempts at composition were in 1949, though self-taught. She studied composition with Hans Vogt and Harald Genzmer and film music for a short time in Siena. She received several scholarships to the Darmstädter Ferienkurse where she studied under Hermann Heiss and David Tudor, among others. From 1958 to 1962 she was a lecturer and piano teacher at the School of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim.
In 1970 she established the "Hermann Heiss Archive, Darmstadt" from the estate of the composer, and continued to collect documents for the archive. In 1978 she participated in the construction of "Working Women and Music" and served on the Executive Board until 1981. In 1980 she helped organize the first big festival on women and music in Bonn/Cologne. In 1986 she became a Board Member of the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt.
Until 1990 Heller continued to actively perform as a pianist. In 1991 she participated in the foundation of the group "Bluna Bluna" with Nicholas Heyduck and Michael Harenberg, which produces tape compositions, sound installations, audio-visual exhibition projects and improvisations.
Barbara Heller has composed a large body of works, including works for piano, harpsichord, orchestra, chamber ensembles, and film scores.
Source: Wikipedia and En Schott Music
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Quiete by Barbara Heller
GHIYA RUSHIDAT - SAUDI-ARABIA
BORN 06 NOVEMBER
BORN 06 NOVEMBER
Ghiya Rushidat was born in Saudi Arabia, and raised in Jordan. As one of the few female composers of Arab heritage, Ghiya takes pride in shattering stereotypes about women in film music, and about Middle Eastern women in general. Despite a physical attack after her concert in Jordan, she continues to share her voice and her emotive and provocative scores with American audiences. She is especially interested in scoring films not traditionally offered to women, such as big action films.
She attended the Royal College of Music in London, the Conservatoire National de Danse et de Musique de Lyon in France, and Yermouk University in Jordan, acquiring three degrees in piano performance and musicology along the way, as well as proficiency in three languages. Always pushing further, Ghiya will be starting a fourth degree at another distinguished institute, this time in neuroscience. She is also currently learning to speak Mandarin.
In 2014, Ghiya moved to the US. Upon her arrival, she composed her first Hollywood film, Pen of Mirrors (starring Eric Roberts). Her melodic, dissonant, and layered score quickly gained wide critical acclaim, and has lead to steady work in Hollywood, on films, television shows, and video games.
In 2016, she received a commission for composition for a royal event, where she can return to her musical and cultural roots and compose Arab and oriental music for the event. She has since composed pieces for other royalty from a variety of Middle Eastern countries. She is also a ppassionate philanthropist and loves coffee, books and her dog.
Source: Ghiya Rushidat Official Website e NoobFeed
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Yassmine by Ghiya Rushidat
Yassmine by Ghiya Rushidat
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