Biography

Cecilie Ore was born in Oslo

Oslo

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, Norway

Norway

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, and studied piano at the Norwegian Academy of Music

Norwegian Academy of Music

The Norwegian Academy of Music is a music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the country's highest level of music education. As a university college, it offers both undergraduate and postgraduate...

 in Oslo. She also studied piano in Paris

Paris

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, and composition at the Institute of Sonology

Institute of Sonology

The Institute of Sonology is an education and research center for electronic music and computer music based at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands.-Background:...

 in Utrecht

Utrecht

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, and with Ton de Leeuw

Ton De Leeuw

Antonius Wilhelmus Adrianus de Leeuw was a Dutch composer. He was known for his experiments with microtonality....

 at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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. Ore then began work as a composer.

Honors and awards

• First and second prize at the International Rostrum for Electro-Acoustic Music, 1988.
• Composition of the Year award, Norwegian Society of Composers
• Norwegian State Guarantee Income for Artists
• Arne Nordheim Composers Price for 2004

Works

Ore writes electro-acoustic works and also traditional compositions for chamber ensemble, solo instrument and voice. Selected works include:

• Etapper (Stages), 1988
• Codex Temporis
• Tempura Mutantur
• Calliope for female voice, 1984
• Porphyre, 1988
• Nunc et Nunc, 1994
• A – a shadow opera, 2001
• Cirrusfor string quartet, 2002
• Cirrocumulus for wind trio, 2002
• Schwirren for vocal ensemble, 2003
• Cirrostratus for sinfonietta, 2004
• Lux Illuxit sound-instrallation, 2005
• Dead Beat Escapement chamber opera, 2008

Her work has been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• Tempura Mutantur (Non Nunquam, Nunquam Non, Semper Semper and Ictus), Frau Musica (nova)/Deutschland Radio.
• Codex Temporis (Praesens Subitus, Futurum Exactum Erat Erit Est, Lex Temporis), Aurora
• A – a shadow opera, Aurora 2003
• Nordic Voices, Aurora
• Cirrus, Fabra
• Sinus Seduction, Aurora
• Frau Musica (nova), Festival für neue Musik, Frau Musica
• Cikada, Aurora
• The Contemporary Solo Double Bass, Simax
• Talking/Singing, Albedo

External links

• Official site