Olga Nunes

Olga Nunes
Background information
Born	Olga Nunes January 1st Montreal, Canada
Genres	Piano rock, alternative rock, art pop, art rock, baroque pop
Occupations	Composer, producer
Instrument	Piano
Website	www.olganunes.com

Olga Nunes is a Canadian-born performer, pianist, singer and composer based in San Francisco, California.

Music career

Olga began writing songs in 2005, after being taught the basics of piano by a Buddhist monk, and began playing with her band in Los Angeles soon after. ^[1]

Her first video of her single "A Dream Of Gardens" was released in 2007, with lyrics by Neil Gaiman. Gaiman also credits Nunes in his crowd-sourcing success. ^[2]

Nunes also collaborated with Amanda Palmer, designing and curating the “'Who Killed Amanda Palmer “alternate reality game. ^[3]

In 2009, Olga recorded the xkcd song "Boomdeyada", which she later directed and co-produced as a video with Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton, and Cory Doctorow,. ^[4]

In 2010 Olga launched a project for the forthcoming album LAMP, a series of songs with a fictional story woven around them, told in videos and art installations. ^[5]

Olga Nunes, then developed a feature-length a documentary; Temple of Art (with Allan Amato). The documentary profiles Grant Morrison, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Thies, Barron Storey, Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, David W. Mack, Dave McKean and others, ^[6] each sharing their stories of their creations, influences and philosophies. ^[7]

Personal life

Olga was born in Montreal, Canada, to Spanish and Brazilian parents. Raised in Florida as a teenager, her first experience with music took the form of musical theatre.

Olga is currently living in San Francisco.

Discography

Solo

• Lamp (2013)
• Maps For The Open Road (2009) with Lyrics by Neil Gaiman
• Last Call (2007)

Soundtracks

• 2014 - The Fallow (film) - composer, additional music

Film

• Temple of Art (2020) co-creator (with Allan Amato)

Nunes has also released more than a dozen singles and 20 B-sides, and has contributed original material to independent film soundtracks.

References

1. "Olga Nunes Twintterview". the vt blog. Archived from the original on 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
2. "Neil Gaiman's The Moon over the Corn Field". Neil Gaiman.
3. "Thachr = sara thacher » Olga Nunes on Making Transmedia Music". Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
4. "Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton Reenact 'XKCD' Strip". Comics alliance. 2010-02-08. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
5. "Semi-fictional love stories and music project". boing boing. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
6. Graeme McMillan (7 July 2014). "Comic-Con 2014: 10 Must-See Comic Panels". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 7 July 2014. Saturday also sees ... a non-comics panel worth noting: ... Temple of Art brings together a whole host of amazing talent including Dave McKean, Bill Sienkiewicz, Grant Morrison, Kent Williams and many more to discuss an ongoing cross-media project. ..., given the pedigree of those involved, just may be the most interesting panel of the entire show.
7. "Temple Of Art: The SDCC Panel You Didn't Know You Didn't Want To Miss". Bleeding Cool. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-20.

External links

Media related to Olga Nunes at Wikimedia Commons