Ruta Paidere: Tempera

Ruta Paidere

Ruta Paidere (b. 1977) has studied music theory in Jāzeps, Mediņš Music College in Riga and composition at the Hamburg University of Music (Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, graduated 2005).Her compositions have been performed across Europe in various concert series as well as at such music festivals as Musica in Strasbourg, Tenso Days in…

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Vanessa Lann: The Bird That Was Trapped Has Flown

Vanessa Lann

Vanessa Lann (b. 1968) studied composition at the Westchester Conservatory of Music, Tanglewoodat Harvard University and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Her work is performed in venues all over the world, including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw and De Doelen. Commissioned by renowned soloists, ensembles and festivals, her music…

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Catharina Palmér: Strings in the air above

Catharina Palmér

Catharina Palmér (b. 1963) was born in Karlskrona, Sweden. She is educated in the fields of violin, piano and organ as well as composition, which she has studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden, and at Indiana University, USA. Palmér’s music has been performed by numerous ensembles inSweden and abroad. Recently, she…

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Mihyun Woo: Voices in Landscape

Mihyun Woo

The compositions of Mihyun Woo (b. 1980) have been performed by ensembles and orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, the Arditti Quartet, the Royal Academy Soloists, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the Korean Broadcast System Orchestra (Seoul), the Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania), the Royal Academy Symphony, Choir Commotio…

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Aspasia Nasopoulou: Square–Oblong (Ten Dipoles: No. 9)

Aspasia Nasopoulou (photo by Melanja Palitta)

Aspasia Nasopoulou (b. 1972 in Athens) is a composer, pianist, and curator currently living in Amsterdam. Her work has a poetic, evocative and dynamic transparency. It is inspired by literature, mythology and philosophy from different cultures. In her over more than nineteen compositions she is frequently exploring the synergy between music and theater by integrating…

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Chia-lin Pan: Drifting

Chialin Pan

Dr. Chia-lin Pan (b. 1972) received her degree of Doctor of Music in Composition from Northwestern University (Illinois, U.S.A.) and earned both her Bachelor and Master degrees from National Taiwan Normal University (Taipei, Taiwan). She studied composition with Prof. M. W. Karlins, Yen Lu, Alan Stout, Augusta Read Thomas, Hwang-long Pan and Jay Alan Yim…

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Regina Irman: Schwarzes Glück 2

Regina Irman

Regina Irman (b. 1957) is a Swiss musician, music educator and composer. Regina Irman was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. In 1976 she studied music at the Winterthur Conservatory, and in 1982 received her teacher’s diploma with guitar as principal instrument. She also began to study percussion, and in 1995 received a concert diploma with distinction…

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Barbara Jazwinski: Dreams of Vagabond Winds

Barbara Jazwinski

Barbara Jazwinski (b. 1950) studied composition and theory at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Poland. She received her M.A. degree in composition and piano from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in composition from the City University of New York. Her teachers included Mario Davidovsky, György Ligeti, and John Chowning. Currently, she is…

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Annette Schmucki: Hirsch Hirn Hornisse

Annette Schmucki

Annette Schmucki (b. 1968 in Zurich) works with language as music. She studied composition with Cornelius Schwehr and Mathias Spahlinger, and has received numerous prizes and scholarships. She currently deals with durations and encounters of projected words, and with translations of telephone conversations and catenary histories. In addition to her solitary activity as a composer,…

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Doina Rotaru: Vivarta

Doina Rotaru

Doina Rotaru (b. 1951, Bucharest) studied composition with Stefan Niculescu and Tiberiu Olah at the National University of Music, Bucharest. In 1991, she was the recipient of a composer’s scholarship from the Hague Conservatory, where she studied with Theo Loevendie. In 1997, she was awarded a PhD in Musicology for her thesis on Solutions for…

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