Volans, Kevin (1949– )

South African composer. His music combines avant-garde techniques with native African idioms. The opera The Man Who Strides the Wind was performed at the 1993 Almeida Festival in London.

He studied with Kagel and Stockhausen at Cologne. He was composer-in-residence at Princeton University in 1992.

Works Opera The Man Who Strides the Wind (1993).

Orchestral and ensemble Chevron (1989) and One Hundred Frames (1991) for orchestra; White Man Sleeps for two harpsichords, viola da gamba, and percussion (1982), four string quartets: no. 1 White Man Sleeps (1986), no. 2 Hunting: Gathering (1987), no. 3 The Songlines (1988); no. 4 The Ramanujan Notebook (1990); She Who Sleeps with a small blanket for percussion (1986); Kneel my Dance for two pianos (1985, six pianos, 1992); Cicada for two pianos (1994); electronic music.