Kevin Volans

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Kevin Volans (1949- ). South African-born composer.

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.

Contribution to South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance

As composer, his stage works include:

Sources

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

https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/composer/1651/Kevin-Volans/

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