Pauline Oliveros
Known for Sound · 4 credits
- Born
- 1932-05-30 (age 94)
Biography
Pauline Oliveros (born May 30, 1932 in Houston, Texas) is an American composer and accordionist who is a central figure in the development of experimental and post-war electronic art music.
She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the 1960s, and served as its director. She has taught music at Mills College, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Oliveros has written books, formulated new music theories and investigated new ways to focus attention on music including her concepts of "Deep Listening" and "sonic awareness".
Known For

Sisters with Transistors
2021
as Self (archive footage)

The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1993
as Herself
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television
1976
as Self
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
1974
as Self
TV Shows (1)
Movies (3)

Sisters with Transistors
2021
as Self (archive footage)

The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1993
as Herself
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
1974
as Self
About Pauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros (born May 30, 1932 in Houston, Texas) is an American composer and accordionist who is a central figure in the development of experimental and post-war electronic art music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the 1960s, and served as its director. She has taught music at Mills College, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Oliveros has written books, formulated new music theories and investigated new ways to focus att… With 4 credits spanning from 1974 to 2021, Pauline Oliveros has appeared in 3 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Pauline Oliveros Movies
- Sisters with Transistors (2021) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros (1993) — as Herself
- Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley (1974) — as Self
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