Olga Neuwirth

Olga Neuwirth
Olga Neuwirth in 2002
Born	(1968-08-04) 4 August 1968 (age 56) Graz, Austria
Occupation	Composer
Parent	Harald Neuwirth
Awards	Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis Deutscher Musikautorenpreis Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music Wolf Prize in Arts Opus Klassik Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

Olga Neuwirth (Austrian German: [ˈɔlɡa ˈnɔʏvɪrt]; born 4 August 1968) is an Austrian contemporary classical composer, visual artist and author. She is famed especially for her operas and music theater works, many of which have treated sociopolitical themes. She has emphasized an open-ended, interdisciplinary approach in her work, collaborating frequently with Elfriede Jelinek, exploiting live electronics, and incorporating video. In her opera Lost Highway, she adapted David Lynch's surrealist film with the same name. She has also written music for historic and contemporary films. Luigi Nono has inspired her both musically and politically.