Sonja Vectomov (born 21 May 1979) is a Czech- Finnish electronic musician and composer who descends from a family rooted in the classical music world.Poncar, M.
"Sonja Vectomov právě vydala album ''Lamprophrenia''"
Techno.cz, Sep 26, 2016. Vectomov is married to American writer and conductor David Woodard.Uneventful Records
Sonja Vectomov bio
2016. Her parents are Vladimír Večtomov and Sonja Vectomov.

Education

In the early 2000s Vectomov studied at Norwich University of the Arts, where she was awarded a Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree in 2005.

Career

Vectomov's initial music experiments began during the 1980s in Finland and involved musique concrète with home tape recorders, four years of performing and touring with the children's choir under the direction of , and violin and piano studies under a curriculum for precocious children at Keski-Suomen konservatorio, where her father Vladimír Večtomov taught classical guitar. Her grandfather Ivan Večtomov, also a composer, was a cellist with the Czech Philharmonic for 22 years, and her uncle was the cellist

Saša Večtomov Saša Večtomov (12 December 1930 – 29 December 1989) was a Czechoslovak cellist and music pedagogue. Biography Večtomov first studied piano and cello with his father, cellist/composer Ivan Večtomov (1902–81), a soloist in the Czech Philh ...

. During the mid-1990s, Vectomov moved to Prague to assume a 1st violin chair with the Pražský studentský orchestr under the direction of . Concomitantly she monitored the electronic music scenes in Finland and England.Spaceboss, P., "Sonja Vectomov albově debutuje s Lamprophrenií," Spaceboss, Oct 4, 2016. As a solo artist Vectomov's concerts sometimes involve elements of installation, e.g., the transformation of a stage into a salon. She has stated that Conlon Nancarrow and

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are important influences.

''Lamprophrenia''

The title of Vectomov's experimental debut album is her self-coined

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words lampron (bright) and phrenia (mind). The album features electronic compositions with vocals, and is considered unpredictable and "full of unexpected twists and turns." The first single "Two in One," for which Mika Johnson directed a music video featuring prima ballerina

Jana Andrsová Jana Andrsová (Večtomová; 8 August 1939 – 16 February 2023) was a Czech ballerina and actress. In 1957 she graduated from the Dance Conservatory in Prague and began to work with the Vitus Nejedly Army Art Ensemble. FDbJana Andrsová Later ...

, "recounts a story of death and transfiguration, interspecies

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and plant consciousness—this maiden release from ''Lamprophrenia'' pulses with nucleopatriphobic synthesizer rhythms, violin, viola, harmonica, mandolin and the consummate intonements of Vectomov."

Miscellaneous

Like both of her parents, Vectomov is a pedagogue. She has designed and taught music workshops for

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and disadvantaged Romani children in

Kutná Hora Kutná Hora (; medieval Czech: ''Hory Kutné''; german: Kuttenberg) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. The centre of Kutná Hora, including the Sedlec Abbey and its ossuary, was designa ...

, Czech Republic. Vectomov makes a cameo appearance in ''H*art On'', Andrea Culková's 2016 documentary film about the virtually unknown early 20th century writer

Milada Součková Milada Součková (24 January 1898 – 1 February 1983) was a Czech writer, literary historian, and diplomat. She is known mainly for introducing to Czech literature Modernist techniques employed by English-language writers such as Laurence Stern ...

and her husband, Devětsil-era painter Zdeněk Rykr.Institute of Documentary Film, ''H*art On'' (Czech Republic / France), 2016.

References

External links

Official website
*Uneventful Records
Sonja Vectomov
*Sonja Vectomov
"Two in One"
(YouTube), 2016, 3:34 min. {{DEFAULTSORT:Vectomov, Sonja 1979 births Living people Czech women Musicians from Hradec Králové Czech classical musicians Czech expatriates in Finland Finnish classical musicians Finnish electronic musicians Alumni of Norwich University of the Arts