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Gisburg (born in 1966 as Gisburg Smialek)[1] is an Austrian composer and singer.[2]

Biography

Gisburg born in Salzburg/ Austria into a family of Slovenian origin. She began studying flute with Dieter Schnebel[1] and touring around the world as a concert singer with his vocal group Die Maulwerker. She attended the Berlin University as a guest student for composition and modern music theatre with Prof. Dieter Schnebel and Prof. Witold Szalonek and for visual arts with Eva Maria Schön. Gisburg moved to New York City in 1992 and performed around the Knitting factory scene . She recorded albums for Tzadik.[1] and GP music. She was a member of the Chinese Hai-Tien choir with Mrs. Pi-Chu Hsiao for 6 years, and recorded with Gary Lucas Chinese pop music of the 1930s and 1950s.

She scored several music scores for films[3] and works as a music editor in NYC.

Besides this she is the co-founder of the Filmette Film Festival , a Festival which champions films outside the usual Festival time constraints.

References

  1. ^ a b c Layne, Joslyn. "Gisburg: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  2. ^ https://www.newmusicusa.org/profile/gisburg-smialek/
  3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0321078/