Mia Zabelka on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Mia Zabelka (born 1963 in
/ref>
Concert program Porgy and Bess Vienna
/ref>
/ref>
Link to the personal Homepage of violinist, improviser, and composer Mia Zabelka
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zabelka, Mia 1963 births Experimental composers Electroacoustic improvisation Experimental musicians Free improvisation Austrian women violinists Austrian women classical composers Austrian classical composers Living people Sound artists Women sound artists 21st-century Austrian violinists 21st-century Austrian women musicians 20th-century Austrian women composers 20th-century Austrian composers 21st-century Austrian women composers 21st-century Austrian composers
Mia Zabelka (born 1963 in Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
, Austria) is an Austrian contemporary violinist, improviser, and composer of Czech, Jewish and French familiar background. Comprehensively educated in classical music from early age on she opened up the traditional understanding of the violin as solo and ensemble instrument towards improvisation, experimental music, and sound art.Program Homages Austrian Cultural Forum New York/ref>
Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch; June 2, 1959)Martin Charles Strong. ''The Great Indie Discography''. 2003, page 85 is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker. Her career began during the 1970s New York City no ...
describes Mia Zabelka's work as "visceral, cerebral and sensual. A gorgeous, haunting sound which employs classical interpretation and experimental improvisation to transcend musical genres, creating a sonic surround uniquely her own. She inhabits a sonic universe lush with soul cleansing vibrancy."
Collaborations
Mia Zabelka played a.o. withPauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music.
She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center ...
and Alvin Curran
Alvin Curran (born December 13, 1938) is an American composer, performer, improviser, sound artist, and writer. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and lives and works in Rome, Italy. He is the co-founder, with Frederic Rzewski and Richard ...
./ref>
Compositions
Compositions of her got commissioned by a.o. Foundation Academy of Arts in Berlin,New Music America
New Music America was a nomadic American festival (held in Montreal during its last year) showcasing at its origins New York City's Downtown Music, but growing into one of the largest new music festivals ever held in North America, all in an attem ...
, The Kitchen, and "Wiener Festwochen
The Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) is a culture festival that takes place in Vienna for five or six weeks in May and June every year. The Vienna Festival was established in 1951, when Vienna was still occupied by the Participants in World W ...
".
Cultural work
Additional she workes as curator and artistic director for contemporary music and art festivals besides her own artistic work and concert travels.Awards
After scholarships from a.o. DAAD (Germany) and theFulbright
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States cultural exchange programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people ...
commission (USA) she received a.o. the Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica Linz GmbH is an Austrian cultural, educational and scientific institute active in the field of new media art, founded in Linz in 1979. It is based at the Ars Electronica Center (AEC), which houses the Museum of the Future, in t ...
(Austria) recognition award.Mia Zabelka - Music Information Center Austria/ref>
References
External links
Link to the personal Homepage of violinist, improviser, and composer Mia Zabelka
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zabelka, Mia 1963 births Experimental composers Electroacoustic improvisation Experimental musicians Free improvisation Austrian women violinists Austrian women classical composers Austrian classical composers Living people Sound artists Women sound artists 21st-century Austrian violinists 21st-century Austrian women musicians 20th-century Austrian women composers 20th-century Austrian composers 21st-century Austrian women composers 21st-century Austrian composers