Silvia Sommer
{{short description|Austrian composer, pianist}}
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Silvia Sommer (born 9 April 1944) is an Austrian composer, pianist and music producer.
Biography
Silvia Sommer was born in Vienna, Austria, into a composing family. She began playing piano at three and composed her first piece at eleven.
She studied piano with Marianne Lauda and Joseph Dichler at the Vienna Music Academy, and she studied composition with Alfred Uhl.
After completing her studies she worked as a pianist and composer. Her music has been performed and broadcast internationally.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&q=Silvia+Sommer+1944&pg=PA434|title=The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|year=1994|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=9780393034875|accessdate=17 November 2010}}
Selected awards
Selected works
Sommer composes for choir, orchestra, solo instrument and chamber ensemble. She writes songs, light music, and music for film soundtracks. Her works have been recorded and issued on CD including:
- Klaviernacht - Piano Works By Women Composers (1996) Bayer Records
- Esoteric - Extreme Sacrifice
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Category:20th-century Austrian classical composers
Category:21st-century Austrian classical composers
Category:Austrian women classical composers
Category:Austrian classical pianists
Category:20th-century Austrian women pianists
Category:20th-century Austrian pianists
Category:Austrian record producers
Category:Austrian women record producers
Category:Musicians from Vienna
Category:20th-century Austrian women composers
Category:21st-century Austrian women composers
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