Victoria Borisova-Ollas

Victoria Borisova-Ollas
Born (1969-12-21) December 21, 1969 (age 54)
Vladivostok Russia
NationalityRussian
CitizenshipSweden
Education
OccupationComposer
Era20th century, Contemporary.
Known forWings of the Wind awarded 2nd Prize in Masterprize International Composition Competition
Notable workSelected works list
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Victoria Borisova-Ollas (born 21 December 1969, Vladivostok) is a Russian-Swedish composer who first received international recognition for her symphonic poem Wings of the Wind which won second prize in the 1998 Masterprize International Composition Competition in the UK.[1][2]

She studied with Nikolai Korndorf at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow[3] and continued her studies in composition at the Academy of Music in Stockholm and Malmö Music College.[4] In 1997, she studied composition with Jeremy Dale Roberts at the Royal College of Music in London.[5]

She has composed two symphonies, Symphony No. 1 "The Triumph of Heaven"[6] and Symphony No. 2 "Labyrinths of Time".[7]

Her opera The Ground Beneath Her Feet, with a libretto written by Edward Kemp, is an adaptation of the novel of that name by Salman Rushdie. The premiere at Bridgewater Hall during the 2007 Manchester International Festival was narrated by Alan Rickman, conducted by Mark Elder, and featured a film component by Mike Figgis.[8][9]

Since 2008 she has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.[10]

  1. ^ Richards, Guy (Jan 2009). "CD Reviews". Tempo. 63 (247): 73–80. doi:10.1017/S0040298209000072. JSTOR 40072907. S2CID 233356906. Victoria Borisova-Ollas (b. 1969) first came to international prominence when her short symphonic poem Wings of the Wind (1997) took 2nd Prize in the 1998 International Masterprize Competition.
  2. ^ Austin, Sara. "Masterprize International Composition Competition" (PDF). University of Rochester. Forum of the Symphony Orchestra Institute. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  3. ^ Dubinets, Elena (2021-10-05). Russian Composers Abroad: How They Left, Stayed, Returned. Indiana University Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-253-05779-2. One of her best works is The Kingdom of Silence, a piece dedicated to the memory of Nikolai Korndorf, her teacher at the Moscow Conservatory...
  4. ^ "Svensk Musik". Svensk Musik (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-06-27. Hon fick sin professionella utbildning först vid Centrala Musikskolan och Tjajkovskij Konservatoriet i Moskva och sedan fortsatte studier ikomposition i Sverige vid Malmö Musikhögskola och Musikhögskolan i Stockholm (deltid)... [She received her professional training first at the Central School of Music and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and then continued studies in composition in Sweden at the Malmö Academy of Music and the Academy of Music in Stockholm (part-time)...]
  5. ^ Freyberg, Ellen. "Victoria Borisova-Ollas". mugi.hfmt-hamburg.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-06-27. Weitere Studien führten sie 1997 nach London, wo sie am Royal College of Music bei Jeremy Dale Roberts (geb. 1934) Unterricht erhielt. [Further studies took her to London in 1997, where she received lessons from Jeremy Dale Roberts (born 1934) at the Royal College of Music.]
  6. ^ "Victoria Borisova-Ollas: Symphony No. 1". Universal Edition. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Victoria Borisova-Ollas: Symphony No. 2". Universal Edition. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  8. ^ "The Ground Beneath Her Feet". borisova-ollas.com. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  9. ^ "The Ground Beneath Her Feet at Bridgewater Hall". BBC. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Victoria Borisova-Ollas". Fondazione Adkins Chiti: Donne in Musica. Retrieved 14 February 2020.