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Olga Neuwirth

Austrian composer · Austria · On the map · Musicians · Born 1968 · age 58

Olga Neuwirth 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.

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Albums 10

SESEMA2025 · 3 tracks

OSOlga Neuwirth: Solo2020 · 6 tracks

OWOlga Neuwirth: Orchestral Works2019 · 11 tracks

OMOlga Neuwirth: Original Soundtrack to "Goodnight Mommy"2016 · 24 tracks

NMNeuwirth & ICI Ensemble: Who am I? - No more2013 · 2 tracks

OHOlga Neuwirth: Lost Highway2006 · 34 tracks

OMOlga Neuwirth: Chamber Music2005 · 6 tracks

OFOlga Neuwirth: Bählamms Fest2003 · 12 tracks

ONOlga Neuwirth: Clinamen / Nodus2002 · 2 tracks

OEOlga Neuwirth: Works for Ensemble2001 · 5 tracks

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Awards

Honorary Doctorate2025

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize2022

Wolf Prize in Arts2021

Robert Schumann Prize for Poetry and Music2021

City of Vienna Prize for Music2005

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize1999

About this person

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 inspired her both musically and politically.

Country

Austria