Chaya Czernowin facts for kids
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Chaya Czernowin
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| Born | December 7, 1957 |
| Nationality | Israeli American |
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Chaya Czernowin (Hebrew: חיה צ'רנובין) is a well-known Israeli-American composer. She was born on December 7, 1957. Today, she is a music professor at Harvard University.
She also leads a special music academy in Germany. It is called the Schloß Solitude Sommerakademie. This academy brings together composers and musicians from all over the world.
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Chaya Czernowin's Early Life and Education
Chaya Czernowin was born in Haifa, Israel. She grew up there before moving to other countries. She studied music in Israel, Germany, and the United States.
She also received special grants to compose music in Japan and Germany. Czernowin attended the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel-Aviv University. She also studied at Bard College.
In 1993, she earned her PhD from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). At UCSD, she learned from famous composers Brian Ferneyhough and Roger Reynolds.
After her studies, Czernowin spent several years working as a composer. She lived in Japan, Europe, and the United States. In 2003, she won the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize. This is a very important award for composers.
From 1997 to 2006, she taught composition at UCSD. Then, from 2006 to 2009, she was a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Since 2009, she has been a music professor at Harvard University.
Chaya Czernowin's Musical Works
Chaya Czernowin has written many different kinds of music. Her works include operas, pieces for orchestras, and chamber music.
Operas
Czernowin has created several unique operas:
- PNIMA...ins innere. (2000) was an "opera without words." It first showed at the Munich Biennale.
- Adama/Zäide (2006) was a companion piece to Mozart's unfinished opera, Zaide.
- Infinite Now (2017) was an opera with six acts. It premiered at the Vlaamse Opera in Ghent.
- Heart Chamber (2019) was first performed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Orchestra Music
She has composed many pieces for large orchestras:
- Birds (1984) for string orchestra.
- Amber (1993) for a large orchestra.
- Shu Hai in an orchestral setting (2001) for orchestra, a female voice, and live electronics.
- Maim (2001/2002) is a three-part work for a large orchestra and solo instruments.
Ensemble Music
Czernowin also writes music for smaller groups of instruments, called ensembles:
- Afatsim (1996) for a mixed ensemble.
- Winter Songs I: Pending Light (2002/2003) for electronics and seven instruments.
- Anea Crystal (2008) for two string quartets and an octet.
Chamber Music
Chamber music is written for a small group of instruments, often played in a smaller room.
- Ina (1989) for bass flute and pre-recorded flutes.
- String Quartet (1995) for four string instruments.
- Drift (Sahaf) (2008) for saxophone, E-guitar, piano, and percussion.
Vocal Music
She has also composed pieces that feature voices:
- Manoalchadiya (1988) for bass flute and two female voices.
- Shu Hai Mitamen Behatalat Kidon (1996/1997) for a solo female voice and recorded voices with live electronics.
Discography
Chaya Czernowin's music has been released on several albums. These albums help people around the world listen to her unique compositions.
- Afatsim (1999)
- Shu Hai Practices Javelin (2002)
- Maim (2010)
- Shifting Gravity (2011)
See also
In Spanish: Chaya Czernowin para niños
