Sonja Vectomov
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Background information | |
Birth name | Soňa Večtomová |
Born | Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia | 21 May 1979
Genres | Electronic, classical |
Occupation(s) | Musical artist, philanthropist, music pedagogue |
Sonja Vectomov (born 21 May 1979) is a Czech-Finnish electronic musician and composer who descends from a family rooted in the classical music world.[1] Vectomov is married to American writer and conductor David Woodard.[2] Her parents are Vladimír Večtomov and Sonja Vectomov.
Education[]
In the early 2000s Vectomov studied at Norwich University of the Arts, where she was awarded a Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree in 2005.[2][3]
Career[]
Vectomov's initial music experiments began during the 1980s in Finland and involved musique concrète with home tape recorders, four years of performing and touring with the children's choir [4] and violin and piano studies under a curriculum for precocious children at Keski-Suomen konservatorio, where her father Vladimír Večtomov taught classical guitar. Her grandfather Ivan Večtomov, also a composer, was a cellist with the Czech Philharmonic for 22 years, and her uncle was the cellist Saša Večtomov.[2]
under the direction of ,During the mid-1990s, Vectomov moved to Prague to assume a 1st violin chair with the Pražský studentský orchestr under the direction of [5]
. Concomitantly she monitored the electronic music scenes in Finland and England.As a solo artist Vectomov's concerts sometimes involve elements of installation, e.g., the transformation of a stage into a salon.[6] She has stated that Conlon Nancarrow and David Byrne are important influences.[7]
Lamprophrenia[]
The title of Vectomov's experimental debut album is her self-coined portmanteau of the New Latin / Greek words lampron (bright) and phrenia (mind).[8] The album features electronic compositions with vocals,[5] and is considered unpredictable and "full of unexpected twists and turns."[9]
The first single "Two in One," for which Mika Johnson directed a music video featuring prima ballerina Jana Andrsová, "recounts a story of death and transfiguration, interspecies karma and plant consciousness—this maiden release from Lamprophrenia pulses with nucleopatriphobic synthesizer rhythms, violin, viola, harmonica, mandolin and the consummate intonements of Vectomov."[10]
Miscellaneous[]
Like both of her parents, Vectomov is a pedagogue.[citation needed] She has designed and taught music workshops for at-risk youths and disadvantaged Romani children in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic.[11][12]
Vectomov makes a cameo appearance in H*art On, Andrea Culková's 2016 documentary film about the virtually unknown early 20th century writer Milada Součková and her husband, Devětsil-era painter Zdeněk Rykr.[13][14]
References[]
- ^ Poncar, M., "Sonja Vectomov právě vydala album Lamprophrenia", Techno.cz, Sep 26, 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Uneventful Records, Sonja Vectomov bio, 2016.
- ^ Master Guide, Norwich University of the Arts.
- ^ Vodolánová, K., "Rozhovor se Sonja Vectomov, aka Neverstop", The Black Light, Jan 13, 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Spaceboss, P., "Sonja Vectomov albově debutuje s Lamprophrenií," Spaceboss, Oct 4, 2016.
- ^ Perälä, K., "Jyväskylän Kesässä taiteeseen törmätään taas kadullakin", Keskisuomalainen, Jun 22, 2017.
- ^ Meronen, A., "Kaikenlaisissa laittomissa metsäbileissä tuli käytyä—Jyväskylässä kasvanut suomalais-tsekkiläinen Sonja Vectomov tekee sekä klassista että konemusiikkia", Keskisuomalainen, Feb 2, 2019.
- ^ Räty, H., "Sonja Vectomov nimesi debyyttilevynsä itse keksimällään sanalla", Finnish Urban Media, Oct 10, 2016.
- ^ Franta, T., "Premiéra: Sonja Vectomov—Lamprophrenia", AlterEcho, Sep 23, 2016.
- ^ Franta, T., "Echolokátor: Sonja Vectomov—Two in One", AlterEcho, Jul 25, 2016.
- ^ Galerie Středočeského kraje (GASK), "Umění spojení 014 / Junior", Dec 12, 2014.
- ^ Pinnoy, V., "Obrazem: V GASK se konaly další akce projektu Umění spojení", Kutnohorské listy, Jul 1, 2014.
- ^ Jægtnes, H. S., "The artist’s talking head", Modern Times Review, Oct 28, 2016 (translated from Norwegian, "Kunstnerens snakkende hode", Ny Tid, Oct 13, 2016).
- ^ Institute of Documentary Film, H*art On (Czech Republic / France), 2016.
External links[]
- Official website
- Uneventful Records, Sonja Vectomov
- Sonja Vectomov, "Two in One" (YouTube), 2016, 3:34 min.
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Czech women
- Musicians from Hradec Králové
- Czech classical musicians
- Czech expatriates in Finland
- Finnish classical musicians
- Finnish electronic musicians
- Alumni of Norwich University of the Arts