Education
She studied composition underAwards and scholarships
Nemtsov has won several awards as a composer, including the national competition for young composers, "Schueler kompomieren", fives times between 1995 and 1999, as well as the international Delmenhorst competition for composers in 1995. In 2007, Nemtsov won the Hanns-Eisler-Preis for Composition. In 2012, she was awarded the “Deutscher Musikautorenpreis” for the support of upcoming composers. In 2013 she received the Busoni Composition Prize, in 2018 she was awarded the Oldenburger Kompositionspreis, in 2025 the Heidelberger Künstlerinnenpreis. Since 2021, she is a member of theNotable performances
Her music has been performed at many international festivals including Donaueschinger Musiktage, Bregenz Festival, Münchener Biennale, Holland Festival, Wien Modern and Festival Musica. She collaborates with renowned ensembles and orchestras (such as the WDR Orchestra, the Deutsche Sinfonieorchester, Radiosinfonieorchester Vienna, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Arditti quartet, ensemble modern, ensemble mosaik, Ensemble Adapter, Nikel ensemble, Meitar, Decoder ensemble, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, ensemble recherche, Basel Sinfonietta, Finnish Baroque orchestra etc.).Selected works
Operas
Herzland (2005)
Chamber opera in five acts, 30'. Libretto after the correspondence between Paul Celan and Gisèle Celan-Lestrange. Premiered in on January 20, 2006, ''Alte Zeche'', Barsinghausen, (original version);L'Absence (2006-2008)
Full-length opera in five acts with prologue and epilogue. Libretto by the composer, after '' Livre des Questions'' by Edmond Jabès. Premiere on May 3, 2012 by Munich Biennale.Sacrifice (2016)
Opera in four acts. Premiered on March 5, 2017 by Oper Halle. Libretto by Dirk Laucke (excerpts from “Trenches of Joy”). ''verflucht'' (2019) monologue for soprano and ensemble – text by Gerhild Steinbuch - Premiere September 2019, Taschenopernfestival Salzburg – with Tehila Nini Goldstein (soprano) ''OPHELIA'' (2020-2022) Opera in 12 images for 12 solo voices, choir, orchestra and electronics – libretto (after Shakespeare) by Mirko Bonné - Premiere: May 13th, 2023, Saarländisches Staatstheater ''WE'' (2022-2024) Opera in 5 acts for 9 voices, choir, orchestra, instrumental soloists (synthesizer, e guitar), electronics and video – libretto after Evgenij Zamyatin’s novel “We” - WP: 14. May 2026, Theater DortmundOrchestral works
TZIMTZUM (2020-2023)
tetralogy for 4 soloists and large orchestra written in 2015. Duration of 70 minutes. World premiere by Nikel Ensemble, WDR Orchestra, Peter Rundel.black trees (2020)
Work for orchestra written in 2020. Duration ca. 20 minutes.dropped.drowned (2017)
Work for large orchestra written in 2017. Duration of 17 minutes.Scattered ways (2015)
Work for large orchestra. Duration of 13 minutes. World premiere by Philharmonisches Orchester Erfurt and Joana Mallwitz. Several performances since then, including Konzerthausorchester Berlin.SHESH (2014)
for amplified string orchestra. Duration of 18 minutes. World premiere was by Orchester Jakobsplatz and Daniel Grossmann.Other
Room I-III
"Layering for 8 musicians" written in 2013. Duration of 18 minutes. Numerous works of chamber music, ensemble and solo compositions.References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nemtsov, Sarah German opera composers 21st-century German classical composers German women classical composers 1980 births People from Oldenburg (city) Living people Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover alumni Women opera composers 21st-century German women composers 21st-century German women