Sonja Vectomov
Sonja Vectomov | |
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 Vectomov in 2016 | |
| Born | Soňa Večtomová May 21, 1979 |
| Alma mater | Norwich University of the Arts |
| Occupation(s) | musical artist philanthropist music pedagogue |
| Spouse | David Woodard |
| Parent(s) | Vladimír Večtomov Sonja Vectomov |
Sonja Vectomov is a Czech-Finnish electronic musician and composer who descends from a family rooted in the classical music world.[1]
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 Vox Aurea under the direction of Kari Ala-Pöllänen, and violin and piano studies under a curriculum for prococious 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 legendary cellist Saša Večtomov.
During the mid-1990s Vectomov moved to Prague to assume a 1st violin chair with the Pražský studentský orchestr under the direction of Mirko Škampa. Concomitantly she monitored the electronic music scenes in Finland and England, where in the late 1990s she studied art.[2]
Lamprophrenia
The title of Sonja Vectomov's experimental debut album is a Latin portmanteau of lampron (bright) and phrenia (mind).[3] Featuring a dozen electronic compositions with vocals,[2] Lamprophrenia is considered unpredictable and "full of unexpected twists and turns."[4]
The 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 synth rhythms, violin, viola, harmonica, mandolin and the consummate intonements of Vectomov."[5]
Misc.
Like both of her parents, Sonja Vectomov is a pedagogue. In recent years she has designed and taught music workshops for at-risk youths and disadvantaged Romani children in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic.[6][7]
Vectomov makes a substantial cameo appearance in H*ART ON, Andrea Culková's 2016 documentary about the virtually unknown early 20th century writer Milada Součková and her husband, Devětsil-era painter Zdeněk Rykr.[8][9]
References
- ^ Hromádková, Š., "Uneventful Records uvádí: Lamprophrenia od Sonja Vectomov", Kulturio Magazín, Oct 1, 2016.
- ^ a b Spaceboss, P., "Sonja Vectomov albově debutuje s Lamprophrenií", Spaceboss, Oct 4, 2016.
- ^ 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, Oct 28, 2016.
- ^ Institute of Documentary Film, HART*ON, Czech Republic, France, 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Uneventful Records, Sonja Vectomov
- Sonja Vectomov, "Two in One" (YouTube), 2016, 3:34 min.
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