Volans, Kevin, 1949-
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- Discogs website, June 27, 2017(Kevin Volans; South African composer, born 6th July 1949 in Pietermaritzburg)
- MCA performances 2001-2002 season, 2001:p. 7 (Kevin Volans; b. July 26, 1949; graduated from the Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1972; postgraduate studies, Univ. of Aberdeen; lived in Cologne 1973-1981, pupil and then teaching asst. of Karlheinz Stockhausen at the Musikhochschule; also studied music theatre, piano, and electronic music; worked as freelance composer; recorded African music on behalf of the West German Radio (WDR Köln); taught composition at the Univ. of Natal, Durban, 1982-1984; D Mus 1985 from there; returned to freelance composition, living in Paris (1985) and Cork (1986); composer-in residence, Princeton Univ., 1992)
- Kevin Volans; Born: 1949; Nationality: Irish; Publisher: Chester Music ( (Music Sales Classical website, June 27, 2017) )
- Kevin Volans (b. 1949); born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; moved to Ireland in 1986 and has been an Irish citizen since 1994. He lives in Co. Cork ( (The Contemporary Music Centre Ireland website, June 27, 2017) )
- Wikipedia, June 27, 2017(Kevin Volans; born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on 6 July 1949; best known South African composer active today; was Composer-in Residence at Queen's University Belfast from 1986-89. Thereafter he has made his home in the Republic of Ireland and in 1994 became an Irish citizen)
- His Summer gardeners, 1985:t.p. (Kevin Volans) p. 173 (b. 1949, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; composer)
Wikipedia description:
Kevin Volans (born 26 July 1949) is a South African-born Irish composer and pianist. He studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel in Cologne in the 1970s and later became associated with the Neue Einfachheit (New Simplicity) movement in the city. In the late 1970s he became interested in the indigenous music of his homeland and began a series of pieces which attempted to combine aspects of African and contemporary European music. Although Volans later moved away from any direct engagement with African music, certain residual elements such as interlocking rhythms, repetition and open forms are still detectable in his music since the early 1990s which have taken a new direction more redolent of certain schools of abstract art. He settled in Ireland permanently in 1986 and was granted Irish citizenship in 1994.
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