Jack Body

Jack Body
Jack Body
Nacimiento 1944
Nueva Zelanda
Nacionalidad neozelandés
Ocupación Compositor, fotógrafo, y etnomusicólogo.

Jack Body (Nueva Zelanda, 1944 - ) es un compositor, fotógrafo, y etnomusicólogo neozelandés.

Estudió en la Universidad de Auckland de 1963 a 1967. Asistió a the Ferien Kurse fur Neue Musik, y el Instituto de fonología de Utrecht, Holanda de 1969 a 1970. Durante dos años de 1976 a 1977 fue un conferenciante invitado en la Akademi Musik en Indonesia, Yogyakarta. Desde 1980 de encuentra dictando conferencias en la Universidad Victoria de Wellington.

Su música abarca casi todos los géneros, incluyendo solistas y música de cámara, música orquestal, música incidental pa teatro, danza y música para cine, así como música electroacústica. Tiene una gran fascinación con la música y las culturas de Asia, particularmente Indonesia, y ha sido una fuerte influencia en la música asiática. Su ópera se estrenó Alley a mucha repercusión en el 1998 en el Festival internacional de las artes de Nueva Zelanda. Pero su composición más conocida para el público de Nueva Zelanda es el tema del programa Close to Home de 1975.

Ha editado numerosos discos de música de Nueva Zelanda. Jack fue director artístico de la región del Asia-Pacífico en Festivales y Conferencias. En 1984 y 1992, se centró en la música tradicional y contemporánea, de Nueva Zelanda y sus vecinos de Asia y el Pacífico. En el 2002 ganó el Premio Nueva Zelanda a la Mejor Música Clásica.

También trabaja en la fotografía experimental, y ha recibido comisiones de varias galerías públicas.


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