Pozzi Escot facts for kids
Olga Pozzi-Escot Zapata (born on October 1, 1933) is a talented American composer and music theorist. She was born in Peru and later became a teacher at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts.
Early Life and Education
Olga Pozzi-Escot was born in Lima, Peru. Her father, Marius Emmanuel Pozzi Escot, was a French professor at a university in Lima. Her mother was Lucía María Zapata Hurtado. Olga lived in Peru for some time before moving to France.
She returned to Peru and studied music at the Academy of Music Sas-Rosay in Lima from 1949 to 1953.
In late 1953, Olga moved to the United States. She attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Three years later, she became a citizen of the United States. From 1954 to 1957, she studied at the famous Juilliard School in New York. She earned degrees in music composition and arts. She also studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg in Germany.
Musical Contributions and Ideas
Olga Pozzi-Escot is known for her deep thinking about music. She has written several important books. One of her books is called The Poetics of Simple Mathematics in Music. She also co-wrote Sonic Design: The Nature of Sound and Music. These books explore how music and math are connected.
Since 1980, she has been the main editor of a music journal called Sonus. She has written more than thirty articles for this journal. Many of her articles discuss how music and mathematics relate to each other. She believes that math can help us understand how music is built.
Her musical works have been recorded by several companies. You can find her music on labels like Delos, Neuma, and Centaur. Her compositions are also published by Publication Contact International.
Olga Pozzi-Escot lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her partner, Robert Cogan. He was also a composer and music theorist who passed away in 2021.
See also
In Spanish: Pozzi Escot (compositora) para niños
