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Zaidel-Rudolph, Jeanne (b. July 9, 1948, Pretoria). South African composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed in Africa, Europe and the USA.
Prof. Zaidel-Rudolph studied piano privately with Adolph Hallis, Philip Levy and Goldie Zaidel as a child and studied with John Lill at the Royal College of Music in London, where she earned four performance degrees with distinction. She later studied composition with György Ligeti in Hamburg in 1974 and with Stefans Grové at the University of Pretoria, where she earned her doctorate in 1979.
Among her many honors is First Prize in the Total Oil SA competition (1986, for Tempus Fugit) and commissions for the Olympic Games (1996, Oratorio for Human Rights) and the doctoral ceremony of Nelson Mandela (1997, He Walked to Freedom). She was also a guest composer at a festival in Ohio (1995), collaborated on the revision of the South African National Anthem, which resulted in the adoption of her English text near the conclusion of the piece (1995) and participated in the show Celebration in Canada and the USA (2000–02).
She has taught as Senior Lecturer at the Wits School of Music since 1975 and is Professor of Composition and Head of Music at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. She has lectured on indigenous African music in Europe and the USA.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: mikerud@iafrica.com
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: A Rage in a Cage (rock opera), soloists, mixed chorus, rock ensemble, 1983; Abantubomlambo – The River People (ballet), orchestra, 1987
ORCHESTRAL: Concert Overture, 1979; Five Hasidic Melodies, youth orchestra, 1981; Construction Symphony, youth orchestra, 1985; Fanfare Festival Overture, 1985; Tempus Fugit, 1986; At the End of the Rainbow (symphonic poem), youth orchestra, 1988; Sefirot Symphony, 1991
CHAMBER MUSIC: Kaleidoscope, flute (+ alto flute, piccolo), oboe (+ English horn), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), alto saxophone, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, 1971; Canonetta for Four, trumpet, viola, cello, vibraphone, 1973; Reaction, cello, piano, percussion, 1973; Tango for Tim, guitar, 1973; Chamber Concerto, 11 players, 1979; The Fugue that Flew Away, flute, piano, 1979; Three Hasidic Pieces, flute, violin, piano, 1982; Four Minim, cello, piano, 1982, revised 1992; And All that Jazz, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1983; Margana, flute, violin, cello, 2 percussion, 1985; Masada, bassoon, string quartet, 1989; Five African Sketches, guitar, 1991; Suite Afrique, cello, piano, 1993 (also version for viola, piano, 1995)
CHORAL: Dialogue of Self and Soul (text by William Butler Yeats), 8 soloists, speaking chorus, 1971; Swaziland National Anthem, mixed chorus, piano, 1974; Boy on a Swing (text by Oswald Mtshali), female chorus, piano, percussion, 1983 (also version for soprano, piano); It's a Woman's World, mixed chorus, piano, 1984; Peace (text by the composer), mixed chorus, guitar, 1991 (also two versions as Ukuthula); Oratorio for Human Rights, soprano, baritone, mixed chorus, 3 African percussion, orchestra, 1996; Lifecycle, female Ngqoko chorus, African ensemble (calabash bows, mouth bows, friction bow, friction drum, double-sided drum), Western ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, 2 violins, cello, double bass, marimba, percussion), 2003
VOCAL: Setting Afrikaans Poems to Music (text by W.E.G. Louw), soprano, piano, 1968; Five Pieces, soprano, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 1971; Song-Cycle, baritone, piano, 1976; Back to Basics, speaker, piano, prepared piano, 1983; Boy on a Swing, soprano, piano, 1992 (version of choral work); Hell Well Heaven (text by Wally Serote), soprano, piano, 1992; Ukuthula, soprano, mezzo-soprano, orchestra, 1993 (version of Peace; also version for soprano, mezzo-soprano, piano, 1993); He Walked to Freedom, voice, piano, 1997
PIANO: Sonata No. 1, 1969; Seven Variations on an Original Theme, 1971; Three Dimensions, 1974; Virtuoso I, 1987; Mixed Feelings for Sara, 1988; Mosaic, 1989; Awaiting Game, 1993; The Juggler and the King, 2 pianos, 1998; '5 6 7 8', 2001
HARPSICHORD: Ebony and Ivory, 2001
FILM SCORE (DIRECTOR): An African Dream, 1988 (Nody Murphy)
ARRANGEMENT: South African National Anthem, voice, orchestra, 1995 (also version for voice, piano, 1995)
DISCOGRAPHY
Abantubomlambo – The River People. (EMI: L4 BCP 1832, 1987)
Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph. (EMI: EMCJ [A] 4061831, 1988) (cassette)
Sefirot Symphony; At the End of the Rainbow; Four Minim; Virtuoso I. (SABC, 1990)
Fanfare Festival Overture; Tempus Fugit; Kaleidoscope; Masada; Five African Sketches; Sonata No. 1. (SABC, 1990)
Tempus Fugit. (Claremont, 1991)
Four Minim. (SABC, 1992)
Songs of Hallel. (EMI, 1993)
Three Dimensions. (Obelisklive, 1993) (cassette)
Fanfare Festival Overture; Sefirot Symphony; Virtuoso I; At the End of the Rainbow; Masada; Tempus Fugit. (Claremont: GSE 1532, 1994)
Celebration – Triumph of a Nation. (EMI, 1994)
Suite Afrique (second version). (Obelisklive, 1995) (cassette)
Sonata No. 1. (Obelisklive, 1998) (cassette)
Celebration 2. (EMI, 2002)
(Last updated on April 25, 2004)
