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Ursula Oppens (02 Feb 1944 - )

Female Person - United States pianist

Releases (1)

Official

Album

  1. American Piano Music of Our Time, Volume II 1992

Relationships (13)

Students

  1. Imri Talgam piano
  2. Wayne Weng
  3. Winston Choi
  4. Ralph van Raat
  5. Leonard Shure
  6. Felix Galimir
  7. Mirna Lekić
  8. Rosina Bessie Lhévinne

Founded

  1. Speculum Musicae

Member Of

  1. Speculum Musicae (1971) original, piano
  2. Frederic Rzewski/Ursula Oppens Piano Duo original, eponymous, piano

Parents

  1. Edith Oppens
  2. Kurt Oppens

Recordings by (74)

  1. For Cornelius 18:30 (1986)
  2. Phrygian Gates (excerpt 1) 2:58 (1988)
  3. Phrygian Gates (excerpt 2) 1:32 (1988)
  4. Phrygian Gates (excerpt 3) 0:21 (1988)
  5. Phrygian Gates (excerpt 4) 0:29 (1988)
  6. Phrygian Gates (excerpt 5) 0:47 (1988)
  7. Phrygian Gates (excerpt 6) 0:36 (1988)
  8. When Soft Voices Die 14:00 (1991)
  9. Two Canons for Ursula: Canon A 6:02 (1992)
  10. Two Canons for Ursula: Canon B 5:48 (1992)
  11. Mayn Yingele 13:49 (1992)
  12. The Blue Bamboula 11:02 (1992)
  13. Old and Lost Rivers 4:10 (1992)
  14. Piano Sonata no. 1 16:14 (1992)
  15. Middle Passage 7:29 (1992)
  16. The Dead Moth Tango 5:08 (09 Mar 1993)
  17. Night Fantasies 21:35 (09 Mar 1993)
  18. Tango From the Exiles' Cafe 3:46 (09 Mar 1993)
  19. Parchment 5:34 (09 Mar 1993)
  20. Phrygian Gates 24:39 (09 Mar 1993)
  21. The Curriculum Vitae Tango 2:15 (09 Mar 1993)
  22. Tango 3:13 (09 Mar 1993)
  23. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Thema 1:23 (1993)
  24. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 1 0:54 (1993)
  25. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 2 0:54 (1993)
  26. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 3 1:08 (1993)
  27. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 4 0:58 (1993)
  28. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 5 0:58 (1993)
  29. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 6 1:06 (1993)
  30. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 7 0:53 (1993)
  31. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 8 1:04 (1993)
  32. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 9 1:06 (1993)
  33. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 10 0:57 (1993)
  34. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 11 0:58 (1993)
  35. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 12 1:09 (1993)
  36. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 13 1:44 (1993)
  37. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 14 1:15 (1993)
  38. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 15 1:20 (1993)
  39. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 16 1:32 (1993)
  40. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 17 1:07 (1993)
  41. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 18 1:28 (1993)
  42. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 19 0:38 (1993)
  43. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 20 0:35 (1993)
  44. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 21 0:49 (1993)
  45. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 22 0:45 (1993)
  46. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 23 0:29 (1993)
  47. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 24 2:10 (1993)
  48. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 25 2:14 (1993)
  49. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 26 1:10 (1993)
  50. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 27 4:56 (1993)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. 3/4 23:45 Carla Bley (1975) piano
  2. Sonata for Violin and Piano: III. Adagio 7:44 Paul Zukofsky, Ursula Oppens (1981) piano
  3. Spring of Chosroes 17:40 Paul Zukofsky, Ursula Oppens (1981) piano
  4. Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Allegretto poco vivace 2:23 Paul Zukofsky, Ursula Oppens (1981) piano
  5. Sonata for Violin and Piano: I. Allegro ma non troppo 8:54 Paul Zukofsky, Ursula Oppens (1981) piano
  6. Sonata for Violin and Piano: IV. Vivace 6:32 Paul Zukofsky, Ursula Oppens (1981) piano
  7. Composition No. 95 For Two Pianos, Pt. 1 23:30 Ursula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski (1982) melodica, zither, piano
  8. Composition No. 95 For Two Pianos, Pt. 2 26:15 Ursula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski (1982) melodica, zither, piano
  9. Grand Pianola Music: 3rd movement 8:16 Solisti New York, Ransom Wilson (1984) piano
  10. Grand Pianola Music: 1st & 2nd movements 23:51 Solisti New York, Ransom Wilson (1984) piano
  11. For Cornelius 18:30 Ursula Oppens (1986) piano
  12. Era ora 29:10 Ursula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski (1986) piano
  13. Phrygian Gates (excerpt 1) 2:58 Ursula Oppens (1988) piano
  14. Phrygian Gates (excerpt 2) 1:32 Ursula Oppens (1988) piano
  15. Phrygian Gates (excerpt 4) 0:29 Ursula Oppens (1988) piano
  16. Phrygian Gates (excerpt 3) 0:21 Ursula Oppens (1988) piano
  17. Phrygian Gates (excerpt 6) 0:36 Ursula Oppens (1988) piano
  18. Phrygian Gates (excerpt 5) 0:47 Ursula Oppens (1988) piano
  19. Sextet no. 3: II. 𝅗𝅥 = 40 5:15 Speculum Musicae (1991) piano
  20. Sextet no. 3: I. Maestoso, con licenza (♩ = 88) 3:07 Speculum Musicae (1991) piano
  21. When Soft Voices Die 14:00 Ursula Oppens (1991) piano
  22. Sextet no. 3: III. ♩ = 108 4:20 Speculum Musicae (1991) piano
  23. Piano Concerto: II 12:25 Ursula Oppens, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen (08 Dec 1992) piano
  24. Piano Concerto: I 10:10 Ursula Oppens, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen (08 Dec 1992) piano
  25. Old and Lost Rivers 4:10 Ursula Oppens (1992) piano
  26. Piano Sonata no. 1 16:14 Ursula Oppens (1992) piano
  27. Two Canons for Ursula: Canon A 6:02 Ursula Oppens (1992) piano
  28. Mayn Yingele 13:49 Ursula Oppens (1992) piano
  29. The Blue Bamboula 11:02 Ursula Oppens (1992) piano
  30. Two Canons for Ursula: Canon B 5:48 Ursula Oppens (1992) piano
  31. Illumination Rounds 10:01 David Lang (1992) piano
  32. Middle Passage 7:29 Ursula Oppens (1992) piano
  33. The Curriculum Vitae Tango 2:15 Ursula Oppens (09 Mar 1993) piano
  34. Night Fantasies 21:35 Ursula Oppens (09 Mar 1993) piano
  35. Parchment 5:34 Ursula Oppens (09 Mar 1993) piano
  36. Phrygian Gates 24:39 Ursula Oppens (09 Mar 1993) piano
  37. Tango 3:13 Ursula Oppens (09 Mar 1993) piano
  38. The Dead Moth Tango 5:08 Ursula Oppens (09 Mar 1993) piano
  39. Tango From the Exiles' Cafe 3:46 Ursula Oppens (09 Mar 1993) piano
  40. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 9 1:06 Ursula Oppens (1993) piano
  41. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 28 1:22 Ursula Oppens (1993) piano
  42. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 3 1:08 Ursula Oppens (1993) piano
  43. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 31 0:55 Ursula Oppens (1993) piano
  44. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 29 0:35 Ursula Oppens (1993) piano
  45. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 13 1:44 Ursula Oppens (1993) piano
  46. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 25 2:14 Ursula Oppens (1993) piano
  47. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Thema 1:23 Ursula Oppens (1993) piano
  48. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 16 1:32 Ursula Oppens (1993) piano
  49. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 20 0:35 Ursula Oppens (1993) piano
  50. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (36 Variations on a Chilean Song): Variation 22 0:45 Ursula Oppens (1993) piano

Credited as (32)

  1. Ursula Oppens
  2. Morton Feldman, Artur Schnabel; Paul Zukofsky, Ursula Oppens
  3. Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
  4. Vytautas Bacevičius; Gabrielius Alekna, Ursula Oppens, Matthew Lewis
  5. Gabrielius Alekna, Ursula Oppens
  6. John Corigliano; Ursula Oppens, Jerome Lowenthal
  7. Ursula Oppens, Jerome Lowenthal
  8. Elliott Carter, John Adams; Ursula Oppens
  9. Ursula Oppens & Jerome Lowenthal
  10. Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens, Jerome Lowenthal
  11. Olivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy; Ursula Oppens, Jerome Lowenthal
  12. Paul Zukofsky, Ursula Oppens
  13. Elliott Carter; Arditti String Quartet, Oppens
  14. Rohan de Saram, Ursula Oppens
  15. Irvine Arditti, Ursula Oppens
  16. Elliott Carter; SWF Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Ursula Oppens
  17. Ursula Oppens, SWF Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen
  18. Ursula Oppens, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen
  19. Elliott Carter; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Ursula Oppens
  20. Elliott Carter; Ursula Oppens
  21. Elliott Carter; Arditti Quartet, Ursula Oppens, Lucy Shelton, Andre Solomon-Glover, Ensemble Sospeso
  22. Elliott Carter, Ursula Oppens, Irvine Arditti
  23. Arditti Quartet, Ursula Oppens
  24. Frank Morelli, Charles Neidich, Ursula Oppens, William Purvis, Steve Taylor
  25. Ursula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski
  26. Joan Tower; Tokyo String Quartet, Richard Woodhams, Paul Neubauer, Chee‐Yun, Ursula Oppens, Melvin Chen, André Emelianoff, Joan Tower
  27. Meredith Monk; Ursula Oppens, Bruce Brubaker
  28. Bruce Brubaker, Ursula Oppens
  29. Alvin Curran; Ursula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski
  30. Kaminsky; Ursula Oppens
  31. Ursula Oppens, Cassatt String Quartet
  32. Ursula Oppens, Arizona State University Orchestra, Jeffery Meyer

Works (7)

Commissioned

  1. When Soft Voices Die
  2. Night Fantasies

Dedicated Works

  1. When Soft Voices Die
  2. Night Fantasies
  3. Two Canons for Ursula
  4. Mayn Yingele
  5. No Longer Very Clear: Or like a…an Engine

Links (10)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134689631
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81090580
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81090580
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb140261465

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/2058892

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/327587

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000622177

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/14971753

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529493

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7IxqYfRCtVZf5syhfPB8Ci