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[[Kevin Volans]] (?- ). Composer.

== Biography ==

== Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance ==

As composer, his stage works include:

''[[The Man with Footsoles of Wind]]'' (1988-93), the dance opera ''[[Correspondences]]'' in 1990 as well as ''[[Confessions of Zeno]]'' (2001).

== Sources ==

[[Hilde Roos]]. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. ''Acta Academica Supplementum''. 2012(1).

Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Biography ==
-He was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and studied at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] with later with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel in Cologne. He moved to Ireland in 1986 and has been an Irish citizen since 1994. He lives in Co. Cork.
+He was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and studied at the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] with later with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel in Cologne. In 1981 he returned to South Africa to lecture in composition at the [[University of KwaZulu-Natal]] (UKZN), Durban and in 1985 he obtained his DMus in composition from UKZN. In 1986 he moved to Paris for a short period and then to Cork where he worked as a freelance composer and teacher. For a period of 3 years from 1986 he took up residency as a composer at the Queen’s University, Belfast and in 1992 he was composer-in-residence at Princeton University. He has been an Irish citizen since 1994. He lives in Co. Cork.
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 As composer, his stage works include:
-''[[The Man with Footsoles of Wind]]'' (1993), with a libretto by Roger Clarke, the dance opera ''[[Correspondences]]'' in 1990 as well as ''[[Confessions of Zeno]]'' (2001) with a libretto by [[Jane Taylor]].
+* ''[[The Man with Footsoles of Wind]]'' (1993), with a libretto by Roger Clarke
 == Sources ==

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-[[Kevin Volans]] (?- ). Composer.
+[[Kevin Volans]] (1949- ). South African-born composer.
 == Biography ==
 == Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance ==
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 As composer, his stage works include:
-''[[The Man with Footsoles of Wind]]'' (1988-93), the dance opera ''[[Correspondences]]'' in 1990 as well as ''[[Confessions of Zeno]]'' (2001).
+''[[The Man with Footsoles of Wind]]'' (1993), with a libretto by Roger Clarke, the dance opera ''[[Correspondences]]'' in 1990 as well as ''[[Confessions of Zeno]]'' (2001) with a libretto by [[Jane Taylor]].
 == Sources ==
 [[Hilde Roos]]. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. ''Acta Academica Supplementum''. 2012(1).
 Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]