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The class is taught in:German, Russian, English

About Me

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Olga Virezoub is a Russian-German composer, music producer, pianist and researcher.

Born into a family of musicians, she traveled with her parents through the entire Soviet Union as a child and appeared in children's roles in guest performances in her theater. From 1980 to 1995 she lived in the Russian city of Samara, where she also attended schools. She then learned piano and composition, first in Samara, and studied composition, piano and improvisation with Georgy Firtich at Heart University in St. Petersburg from 1995 to 1997 and then from 1996 to 2000 composition with Sergei Michailowitsch Slonimski and instrumentation with Wladimir Iwanowitsch Zytowitsch and Piano at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. She also attended numerous master classes for composition and piano, among others with Nikolai Petrow and Paul-Heinz Dittrich. For example, she took part in several master classes for contemporary music Sound Ways in St. Petersburg.

Parallel to her music studies, she also attended courses in law and history at the "Collège Universitaire Française" at the University of St. Petersburg.

In 2000 she emigrated with her family to Hanover, where she has lived since then. From 2001 to 2003 she continued composition and piano at the Hanover University of Music and Theater and in the same year received scholarships for participation in master courses in composition, piano and improvisation with Alvin Lucier, Tristan Murail, Christian Wolff, Roscoe Mitchell and others Frederic Rzewski in the Czech Republic. This was followed by the Wesleyan residency in the world music program in Middletown, USA, where she worked with, among others, Alvin Lucier and Neely Bruce.

Olga Virezoub has received several prizes and grants, including the 5th GOJKO 2005 for her piece Musik für Orchester (2001/02) and the Künstlerhaus Cismar / Grömitz in 2004 and was awarded for her work in Europe, Asia and the USA.

Her music has been performed at international festivals and events of contemporary and jazz music such as Sound Ways (1996-1999), Musical Spring (1999), St. Petersburg, Cage Days (2001), Hanover, Ostrava Days (2003), Ostrava, Donne in Musica (2004), Rome, Natale in Musica (2007), Rome, played by soloists and the ensembles Sound Ways, Das Neue Ensemble, SEM, OCNM in Europe and the USA and broadcast in the media and as a pianist, she stood among others the ensembles Sound Ways, SEM, OCNM, Anthony Braxton Ensemble and with international legendary soloists such as Thomas Buckner and Roscoe Mitchell on stage. In addition, she is the author of several works in the fields of musicology, music history and music theory and has performed as a drummer, gamelan musician and dancer of West African and ballet dance in Europe and the USA.

Olga Virezoub's music has been available in online music shops worldwide since 2012 and has reached several positions in the charts.

In April 2017, Olga Virezoub won the "Akademia Music Awards" in Los Angeles in the "Best A Capella Song" category for her choral piece "Ne Poy, Krasavitsa, Pri Mne" based on the poem of the same name by the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. In 2017/2018 the piece received further awards such as number 1 in the classical music charts on the radio stations “KMIX Radio Los Angeles and its Associated Network Stations”, “HOT XR Southwest Radio Network Las Vegas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Denver and San Antonio , "STAR 100 Latin American Radio Network Rio De Janeiro, Guadalajara, Panama City, San Jose and Kingston" and Virezoub himself was named "Best A-Cappella Artist of 2018" for this piece and received the "Best A-Cappella - Artist of the Year 2018 ". Executive Award of the Akademia ® 2019 "during the Akademia-Gala event in Los Angeles in April 2019 - the highest award of the Akademia ® for outstanding creativity, art and professional achievements in the field of music.

Education

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Wesleyan University, CT, USA
Hanover University of Music
St. Petersburg Conservatory
Wesleyan University, CT, USA
Hanover University of Music
St. Petersburg Conservatory

Experience / Qualifications

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Over 30 years of experience in music
Over 30 years of experience in music
Over 30 years of experience in music
Over 30 years of experience in music

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