Composers
Charles Uzor
1961 -About
Charles Uzor was born in Udo Mbaise, Nigeria and came to Switzerland in 1968 during the Biafra War. After studying in Rome, Berne and Zurich (oboe and composition with H. Elhorst and H.U. Lehmann) he followed the oboist Gordon Hunt to the Royal Academy of Music London. In 1990 he obtained the recital diploma and a master’s degree in composition (studying with H.W. Henze, among others). In 2005, still external student at Goldsmith College, London University he completed his dissertation on “Melody and the phenomenology of internal time-awareness”.
Uzor’s oeuvre includes stage and choral works and pieces with small ensembles.