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Olga Neuwirth

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Challenge, Protest and Multiple Identities – Thoughts on Olga Neuwirth’s Hybrid “Art-in-Between”

by Stefan Drees, translated by Catherine Kerkhoff-Saxon

In 2015 Olga Neuwirth said the greatest force behind her artistic activities was the inspiration she took from “the small and the big things the world has to offer”. If we examine the inclination this suggests, that is, how this composer derives pleasure from looking beyond the horizons of what is commonly deemed part of the contemporary music industry, we encounter a vastly diverse and complex oeuvre that resists categorization...

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Verleihung des Ernst von Siemens Musikpreises 2022 an Olga Neuwirth am 02.06.2022 im Prinzregententheater in München.
Foto: Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung/Stefanie Loos

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