Jocy de Oliveira (born 11 April 1936) is a Brazilian pianist, multimedia artist and composer.

Biography

Jocy de Oliveira was born in

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and grew up in

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. She studied in São Paulo with Joseph Kliass, in

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with

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, and in

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with Robert Wykes. She received a Master of Arts from

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. De Oliveira became a concert pianist as a child, playing internationally with artists including

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and

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. She married conductor

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but later divorced, and lived in St. Louis,

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and

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

. She is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Music, and is the author of four books.

Honors and awards

*Rockefeller Foundation *New York Council on the Arts *Meet the Composer *Foundation of Art and Culture Vitae (Brazil)

Works

De Oliveira composes mainly electronic and multimedia works for video projects, stage and musical theater. Selected works include: *''Polinterações I and II'' (1970) *''Música no espaço'', planetarium event (1982/83) *''Fata Morgana'' (1987) *''Liturgia Thurs Espaço'' (1988) *''Inori à prostituta Sagrada'' (1993) *''Illud Tempus'' (1994) *''Canto e Raga'' (1995) *''Cenas de una Trilogia'' (1999) *''As Malibran'' (1999/2000) *''Medea, Profecia e Balada'' (2003) *''Kseni Estrangeira-A'' (2003/2005) Her work has been recorded and issued on CD and DVD, including: *''

Catalogue d'oiseaux ''Catalogue d'oiseaux'' ("Catalogue of birds") is a work for piano solo by Olivier Messiaen consisting of thirteen pieces, written between October 1956 and September 1958. It is devoted to birds and dedicated to his second wife Yvonne Loriod. Pre ...

'',

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically ...

(Vox) *'' Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus'', Olivier Messiaen (Vox) *''Inori à prostituta sagrada'' Rer BJOCD, ASIN:B000O00HFE *''Illud tempus'' ABM DIGITAL, ASIN:B003ZU8YGE *''As Malibrans'' (2000) ASIN:B00004UAWV

Books

*''O 3 º Mundo'' (São Paulo, 1959) *''Apague meu spot light'' (São Paulo, 1961) *''Dias e seus Caminhos Mapas e partituras'' (1983) *''Inori - a prostituta sagrada'' (2003)

References

External links

Official website
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