Ana-Maria Avram
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Ana-Maria Avram in St Merry, Paris
Ana-Maria Avram (born September 12, 1961 in Bucharest) is a Romanian composer affiliated with the spectral music style. She represents with Iancu Dumitrescu the Hyper-Spectral trend in contemporary avant-garde music, conductor with Dumitrescu of the Hyperion Ensemble.
Her music is spectral, acousmatic, heterophonic and transformational. She has composed around 90 works as of 2009: music for soloists, chamber music, music for orchestra, electronic music and computer-assisted music.
Main works:
- "Quatre Etudes d'Ombre" for bass flûte (1997)
- "Axe" for cello (1993)
- "Métaboles" for bass clarinet (1985)
- "Quatre Etudes orphiques" for female voice, electronics and ensemble (2006)
- "Nouvelle Axe" for strings ( 1997)
- "In Nomine Lucis" for orchestra ( 1992)
- "Telesma" for clarinet, percussion and computer sounds ( 2002)
- "Chaosmos" for orchestra (1996)
- "Lux Animae" for ensemble and computer-assisted sounds ( 2004)
- "Voices of the Desert" for ensemble and computer-assisted sounds ( 2005)
- " The Endless Burning Fire" for ensemble and computer sounds (2007)
- "Un raggio Ardente e di si chiara luce" for strings (2000)
Contribution in musicology:
- ”Ana Maria Avram and Iancu Dumitrescu” - Musicworks Nr 71, “Being composer” - MusicWorks nr.76 ( 2000);
- “Ana-Maria Avram: an adventure in experimental music” an interview with Costin Cazaban, Bananafish, Los Angeles no 15 ( 2001)
- Jean-Noël Von Der Weid: “La Musique du XX Siècle” - Paris, Hachette, 2004
External links
- Biography, interviews and catalogue of works
- SpectrumXXI international festival dedicated to spectral music initiated by Ana-maria Avram and Iancu Dumitrescu
- Biography and pressbook
- An interview
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