| Bio en français : |
Seung-Ah Oh, compositrice reconnue, est «un nom à retenir», comme le notait le journal hollandais Volkskrant. Sa musique, qui transcende les frontières traditionnelles, est jouée en Europe, en Amérique du Nord et en Asie. Le critique Mirjam Zegers a écrit qu’elle fait la jonction en l’Est et l’Ouest, entre mouvements vibrants et immobilité, pureté du son et rituel théâtral, structures en couche et transparence. Elle a obtenu plusieurs bourses, notamment des fondations Guggenheim, Rockefeller du Bellagio Center, Goddard Lieberson (avec l’American Academy of Arts and Letters), et Barlow, pour la composition musicale. Elle a également reçu des prix prestigieux tels que le Premier Prix et le prix du public lors du troisième concours international des compositeurs à Séoul (Corée), le prix Toonzetters, en 2010, remis annuellement par un jury international à la meilleure composition hollandaise. Elle a toujours composé dans le style de la tradition occidentale, jusqu’à ce qu’elle se rende aux Pays-Bas, où elle a commencé à explorer la riche tradition musicale de son pays natal. |
| Bio en anglais : |
Seung-Ah Oh, a native of Korea, is an acclaimed composer who was described as “a name to remember” in the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant. Her music has been performed throughout Europe, North America and Asia, and transcends traditional boundaries. As critic Mirjam Zegers writes, “Oh connects East and West, vibrant motion and stillness, pure sound and ritual theatre, stratified structures and transparency.” The recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation at the Bellagio Center, the Goddard Lieberson Foundation through the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Barlow endowment for music composition, Oh is celebrated both in her home country and abroad: at the 3rd Seoul International Competition for Composers she received both first prize and the audience prize; in 2010 an international jury awarded her the Toonzetters Prize, given yearly for the best contemporary music composed in the Netherlands. Oh’s background is as varied as her accolades. She began her studies at Korea’s Ewha Women’s University. She went on to earn her PhD in the United States, at Brandeis University, before her studies led her to the Netherlands and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Until then, her music had been rooted in the contemporary Western tradition. It was during her time in the Netherlands that she began to explore the rich musical traditions of her own heritage. |