Cecilie Ore

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Cecilie Ore (born 1954) is a Norwegian composer.

Biography

Cecilie Ore was born in Oslo, Norway, and studied piano at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. She also studied piano in Paris, and composition at the Institute of Sonology in Utrecht, and with Ton de Leeuw at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam.[1] Ore then began work as a composer.[2]

Honors and awards

  • First and second prize at the International Rostrum for Electro-Acoustic Music, 1988.
  • Composition of the Year award, Norwegian Society of Composers
  • Norwegian State Guarantee Income for Artists
  • Arne Nordheim Composers Price for 2004[3]

Works

Ore writes electro-acoustic works and also traditional compositions for chamber ensemble, solo instrument and voice. Selected works include:

  • Etapper (Stages), 1988
  • Codex Temporis
  • Tempura Mutantur
  • Calliope for female voice, 1984
  • Porphyre, 1988
  • Nunc et Nunc, 1994
  • A – a shadow opera, 2001
  • Cirrusfor string quartet, 2002
  • Cirrocumulus for wind trio, 2002
  • Schwirren for vocal ensemble, 2003
  • Cirrostratus for sinfonietta, 2004
  • Lux Illuxit sound-instrallation, 2005
  • Dead Beat Escapement chamber opera, 2008

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

  • Tempura Mutantur (Non Nunquam, Nunquam Non, Semper Semper and Ictus), Frau Musica (nova)/Deutschland Radio.
  • Codex Temporis (Praesens Subitus, Futurum Exactum Erat Erit Est, Lex Temporis), Aurora
  • A – a shadow opera, Aurora 2003
  • Nordic Voices, Aurora
  • Cirrus, Fabra
  • Sinus Seduction, Aurora
  • Frau Musica (nova), Festival für neue Musik, Frau Musica
  • Cikada, Aurora
  • The Contemporary Solo Double Bass, Simax
  • Talking/Singing, Albedo[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Cecilie Ore". Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
  2. ↑ Listen to Norway: Volumes 7-8. Norsk musikkinformasjon. 1999. Retrieved 11 November 2010. 
  3. ↑ Aksnes, Hallgjerd. "Cecilie Ore-Biography". Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
  4. ↑ List of recordings

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