Charles Uzor

Charles Uzor Born April 27 1961 Is A Nigerian Composer. At The Age Of Seven During The Biafra War Uzor Came To Switzerland. In 1982 Following His 'Matura' Studies In St Gallen He Studied Music In Rome Followed By Studies In Oboe And Composition At The Conservatories Of Berne And Zurich. In 1986 He Met The Oboist Gordon Hunt In Assisi And Was Encouraged To Take Up A Post-Graduate Study At The Royal Academy Of Music In London. Charles Uzor Received His Recital Diploma And A Master's In Composition From The University Of London In 1990. He Returned To Switzerland And Began His Dissertation On Melody And Inner Time-Consciousness Finished In 2005 . Charles Uzor's Work Encompasses Opera Dance Orchestra And Choral Works His Main Interest However Lies With Works For Small Formations And Song. In 1993 Until 1998 He Worked In Close Collaboration With Daniel Beriger And The Swiss Ensemble La Notte Who Specialised In Performing His Compositions And The With The Guitar Quartet Quasi Fantasia The Carmina Quartet And The Clarinettist Wolfgang Meyer. From 1998 Onwards There Followed Projects With The Percussion Art Ensemble Bern Philipp Egli Dance Theatre Markus Eisenmann Painting Astrid Kaminski Language And The Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain NEC . In 2010 The NEC Performed His Violin Concert 'For Aung San Suu Kyi' Under The Baton Of Pierre-Alain Monot Soloist Rahel Cunz . read less