Victoria Borisova-Ollas
*21.12.1969

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    Victoria Borisova-Ollas wins Christ Johnson Prize
    Victoria Borisova-Ollas wins Christ Johnson Prize
    On 28 November, Victoria Borisova-Ollas will receive Sweden’s most important composition award, th [...]
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    Première of Borisova-Ollas' Angelus
    Première of Borisova-Ollas' Angelus
    On 24 June Victoria Borisova-Ollas' work for orchestra Angelus will recieve its UK première in Glas [...]
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    Borisova-Ollas/Faingersh: Hamlet
    Borisova-Ollas/Faingersh: Hamlet
    Victoria Borisova-Ollas’ and Elias Faingersh’s Hamlet – a drama for trombone and orchestra – [...]
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    Borisova-Ollas wins Swedish Award
    Borisova-Ollas wins Swedish Award
    Victoria Borisova-Ollas has once again received a prestigious Swedish Publishers Award. [...]
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    Wunderbare Leiden: World première of Victoria Borisova-Ollas' new work in Düsseldorf
    Wunderbare Leiden: World première of Victoria Borisova-Ollas' new work in Düsseldorf
    Victoria Borisova-Ollas’ new work Wunderbare Leiden will be premièred in Düsseldorf on 8 Oct by [...]

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Victoria Borisova-Ollas

The Composer

Victoria Borisova-Ollas was born in 1969 in Vladivostok, a distance of over 9.200 km from Moscow, in the far eastern corner of Russia. In those years there was probably precious little to indicate that the Soviet Union would collapse within a couple of decades. Borisova-Ollas was born late enough to enjoy the freedom afforded by the new political system – such as the freedom to travel – but also early enough to profit from the advantages of the Soviet system of music education. A system which enabled the talented girl to move to Moscow, enrol in the Central Music School and then in the Tchaikovsky Conservatory where she mastered the craft of composition.

At the Conservatory, [...]

Reviews

"A composer with a sparkling individual voice"
(Michael Church/BBC Music Magazine)

"The orchestrator of the greatest virtuosity"
(John Allison/The Times)

10 of 18 Works

Angelus | for orchestra 2008
Before the Mountains Were Born | for orchestra 2005
Colours of Autumn | for string orchestra 2002
Creation of the Hymn | for string quartet 2006
Golden Dances of the Pharaohs | for clarinet and orchestra 2010
Golden Dances of the Pharaohs | for clarinet solo 2011
The Ground Beneath Her Feet | a staged performance | for orchestra, singers and [...] 2006
Hamlet | a drama | for trombone and orchestra 2007
In a World Unspoken | for saxophone quartet and organ 2005
The Kingdom of Silence | for orchestra 2003