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Diamanda Galás (born August 29, 1955) is a Greek-American avant-garde performance artist, vocalist, and composer. Galás was born and raised in San Diego, California.
Known for being a fiercely confrontational avant-garde performer and noted for her wailing, four-octave vocal range, Diamanda Galás was born and raised in San Diego, CA. Galás was the daughter of Greek Orthodox parents and her singing was roundly discouraged, although her prowess as a classical pianist was nurtured; ultimately, her strict upbringing resulted in a reckless, drug-fueled youth prior to her entrance into the University of California’s music and visual arts program. Galás made her performing debut in 1979 at France’s Festival d’Avignon, which led to an invitation to assume the lead role in composer Vinko Globokar’s politically charged opera Un Jour Comme un Autre. In subsequent solo performance art pieces like Wild Women with Steak Knives and Tragouthia Apo to Aima Exon Fonos, Galás further honed her unique, shattering vocal style, inspired by the Schrei (“shriek”) opera of German expressionism (a form employing a system of four microphones and a series of echoes and delays).
She worked with many avant-garde composers including Phillip Glass, Terry Riley, John Zorn, Iannis Xenakis and Vinko Globokar. She made her performance debut at the Festival d’Avignon in France as the lead in Globokar’s opera, Un Jour Comme Une Autre which deals with the death by torture of a Turkish woman. The work was sponsored by Amnesty International. She also contributed her voice to Francis Ford Coppola’s film Dracula (1992) and appeared on the film’s soundtrack.
Known for being a fiercely confrontational avant-garde performer and noted for her wailing, four-octave vocal range, Diamanda Galás was born and raised in San Diego, CA. Galás was the daughter of Greek Orthodox parents and her singing was roundly discouraged, although her prowess as a classical pianist was nurtured; ultimately, her strict upbringing resulted in a reckless, drug-fueled youth prior to her entrance into the University of California’s music and visual arts program. Galás made her performing debut in 1979 at France’s Festival d’Avignon, which led to an invitation to assume the lead role in composer Vinko Globokar’s politically charged opera Un Jour Comme un Autre. In subsequent solo performance art pieces like Wild Women with Steak Knives and Tragouthia Apo to Aima Exon Fonos, Galás further honed her unique, shattering vocal style, inspired by the Schrei (“shriek”) opera of German expressionism (a form employing a system of four microphones and a series of echoes and delays).
She worked with many avant-garde composers including Phillip Glass, Terry Riley, John Zorn, Iannis Xenakis and Vinko Globokar. She made her performance debut at the Festival d’Avignon in France as the lead in Globokar’s opera, Un Jour Comme Une Autre which deals with the death by torture of a Turkish woman. The work was sponsored by Amnesty International. She also contributed her voice to Francis Ford Coppola’s film Dracula (1992) and appeared on the film’s soundtrack.
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I saw an interview in which she said, "I'm tired of being called a freak." Tough shit, lady.
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"Actually she called him a shithead, here it is (the interview)." thanks for the correction. hah.
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Cocteauholic wrote:
"Keigome Keigome" is my favorite song in Malediction and Prayer and a high-light in Diamanda's career. I remember a guy's comment on a rebetiko greek song by an old great singer (Maybe Abatzi or Eskenazi, I don't remember) he said that Diamanda is the only thing we got now closer to these singers, and they share a very common background. Listen guys to some of the songs by the singers I mentioned and then listen to Diamanda's version of "Keigome Keigome" you will notice the beautiful resemblance. I wish she sings more of this kind of music, I think that's where she comes from.
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milkywayhoshiap wrote:
epic music is epic. I love this woman!
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Esma88 wrote:
Diamanda your voice and talent is absolutely Incredible *-* [2]
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b-l-ackstage wrote:
v that interview is one of the reasons why she is my idol :heart:
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Actually she called him a shithead, here it is (the interview).
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she hates patton? my love for her is bigger now. [2]
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I believe she called him a little faggot.
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Unmade_Bed wrote:
she hates patton? my love for her is bigger now.
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satanic?
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Baphometrose wrote:
Woah, this woman's vocal range is extremely impressive.
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