Jocy de Oliveira

Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936) is a Brazilian pianist, multimedia artist and composer.

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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. 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 Eleazer 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,[1] and is the author of four books.[2]

Honors and awards

Works

De Oliveira composes mainly electronic and multimedia works for video projects, stage and musical theater.[4] Selected works include:

Her work has been recorded and issued on CD andn DVD, including:

Books

References

  1. ^ "Jocy de Oliveira". http://musicabrasileira.org/reviewsinterviews/jocy.html. Retrieved 19 October 2010. 
  2. ^ Bethell, Leslie (1995). The Cambridge history of Latin America. 
  3. ^ "Jocy De Oliveira". http://www.cdemusic.org/Jocy-De-Oliveira-c83.html. Retrieved 19 October 2010. 
  4. ^ Malloy, Judy (2003). Women, art, and technology. 

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