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Olivia De Prato was born in Vienna and started her early musical studies in Italy.

Her most recent project included the performance and recording of the Alban Berg Violin Concerto with the Filarmonica de Staat Sibiu, Romania in November 2007.

 

She has performed in Europe, Brazil and the United States as a solo artist with orchestra (The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra, Savaria Symphony Orchestra, the Orchstra Philharmonica di Ceara) as well as a chamber musician and ensemble player. She gave solo recitals at prestigious festivals such as the Fesitval of Ravello (Italy) and Beethoven e i Classici Festival in Salerno (Italy).

 

Olivia recently moved to New York and has quickly established herself as a passionate performer of the 20. and 21. century repertoire.

2007 performances include concerts at the Bang on a Can Marathon concert in NYC, at the Lucerne Festival with Pierre Boulez and the Ensemble Intercontemporain, at the Klangspuren Festival with the Ensemble Modern, at the Steve Reich @ 70 Birthday concert at the Whitney Museum of American Art in NY and at the "June in Buffalo" Festival with Steve Reich and Brad Lubman.

 

Olivia is a member of the ensembles Zero Gravity, Signal founded by Brad Lubman and Lauren Radnofsky and Grenzenlos founded by William Lane. (www.grenzenlosmusic.org)

She is also a member and co-founder of the string quartet "Zangiacomo" that recorded Brad Lubman's string quartet N.2 on Tzadik.(www.tzadik.com)

 

 
She has worked with composers such as Bernard Rands, Luca Francesconi, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Helmut Lachenman, Krystof Penderecki, Pierre Boulez, Benedict Mason, Meredith Monk, Steve Reich, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, Evan Ziporyn, David Lang, Todd Reynolds, Ned Rothenberg, Dai Fujikura, Brad Lubman, Philippe Manoury.

In the summer 2007 she collaborated with composer Peter Eotvos on his new Violin Concerto "Seven" with the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra and conductor P. Boulez.

 

Olivia De Prato studied at the University of Music and Arts in Vienna as a student of Prof. D. Schwarzberg and received her BM from the Eastman School of Music, as a student of Prof. C. Castleman. She is currently in the process of receiving her MA from the Manhattan School of Music in Contemporary Performance.

 

 
Olivia participated at music festivals such as "The Quartet Program", Music Academy of the West, "Accademia Chigiana" (Italy), Bang on a Can Summer Institute, Kazusa Music Festival (Japan), Ensemble Modern Festival and the Lucerne Festival directed by Pierre Boulez.