Olga Nunes
Background information
Birth nameOlga Nunes
BornJanuary 1st
Montreal, Canada
GenresPiano rock, alternative rock, art pop, art rock, baroque pop
Occupation(s)Composer, producer
Instrument(s)Piano
Websitewww.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

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.

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