SONIA MEGÍAS - SPAIN
BORN 20 JUNE
BORN 20 JUNE
Sonia Megías in her own words:
I was born in Almansa (Albacete, Spain) on June 20th 1982, and I’m immersed in arts and music since I have memory. Thanks to them, to the arts,I can accomplish the mission of connecting people with actions and elements of nature and daily life by sublimating these, and also the goal of bringing the music written by living composers out of the regular elite. And thanks to the support that I receive, not only from my family and friends but also from private patrons and public institutions, I can work in what I love.
Some of those institutions are the Ministry of Culture of Spain, the artists residency Casa de Velázquez (Madrid), the National Orchestra of Jazz of Spain (Madrid), Doce Notas music & dance magazine (Madrid), Gruñidos Salvajes cultural association (Madrid), Fundación Entredós (Madrid), Associazione Nuova Consonanza (Roma), I-Park artists residency (Connecticut, EEUU), Cervantes Institute of New York, United Nations, Erasmus Foundation (for cultural interchange among European countries), Fulbright Commission (for cultural interchange between the USA and the rest of the countries), or New York University, among others.
My music has been performed in different music halls and festivals, underlining the following: Auditorio 400 at the National Museum of Contemporary Art “Queen Sophia” (2012, 2008); Cervantes Institute of New York (2012, 2011); Houston University, at Opera Vista Festival (2011); Consulate of Argentina in New York, at a Tribute to Alfonsina Storni (2009); Embassy of France in Spain (2009); United Nations Headquarters (2008); Carlos Arniches theater, at Festival de Música Contemporánea de Alicante (2009); Corral de Comedias in Almagro, at XXXII Festival de Teatro Clásico; City Museum of Aosta (Italy), at Festival de Cinema Muto Musicato dal Vivo (2005); Town Hall of St. Médard en Jalles (Bordeaux, France), at I Festival des Jeunes Musiciens Européens (2004).
Some of the teachers that have guided my current work are Karlheinz Stockhausen, Juan Mª Solare, Julia Wolfe, Phill Niblock, Esther Ferrer, Arturo Moya or María de Alvear. I live in Madrid since 2012, where I compose, conduct, and invent several creative projects.
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ANNACHIARA GEDDA - ITALY
BORN 20 JUNE
She studied composition at the Turin Conservatory first with Alessandro Ruo Rui and subsequently with Giorgio Colombo Taccani. In 2012 she graduated with top marks in composition and in 2015 she took a Master’s Degree in composition cum laude.
In 2012 she was chosen to participate in the European Composers’ Professional Development Programme, and was commissioned to write a piece for the Ensemble 10/10 (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra) with the final concert at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2012. In 2013 she won the European Project Progetto ECO 2013-2015, and a further commission of a new work for ensemble, which was performed by Ensemble Télémaque in various concerts in Italy and France.
Winner or special mention in several national and international composition competitions (Musica e Spazi – Turin 2010, G.E.R.M.I. Prize – Rome 2012, European Composers’ Professional Development Programme – Huddersfield 2012, Premio AFAM – Milan 2013, Progetto ECO 2013-2015 – Marseille 2013, Musiche in Mostra – Turin 2013, International Composition Competiton Antonio Manoni – Senigallia 2013, International Composition Competiton for orchestra A. Rizzardi – Brescia 2014, International Composition Competiton Città di Udine – Udine 2014, International Composition Competition Egidio Carella – Val Tidone 2014, Risuonanze – Trieste 2015, Premio Veretti – Fiesole 2015, Premio Atzeni – Cagliari 2015, New Made Week – Milan 2015, Arte e Fantasia – Favria 2016, International Composition Competition Valentino Bucchi – Rome 2017, Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2017 – Tokyo 2017), her works have been performed in Italy and abroad (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland and Japan), during various important music festivals and seasons such as the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK), Biennale di Venezia (IT), Gmem Festival les Musiques (FR), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Season (UK), Festival Suona Francese (IT), Rondò Concerti (IT), by musicians such as Ensemble 10/10 (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra), Divertimento Ensemble, Ensemble Télémaque, Ensemble TaG, NED Ensemble, Interensemble, Akiko Kozato, Valentino Corvino, Raphael Negri and Duo Del Noce – Pieri, to mention but a few.
Her piece The Witching Time of the Night, for solo violin, is published by Edizioni Musicali Bèrben, Un éclair…puis la nuit! , for solo guitar, is published by Zedde Editore, Ich rinne Ich bin, for soprano and ensemble is being published by Universal Edition while other works are published by Edizioni Sconfinarte.
Currently she is the winner of the following scholarship: Master dei Talenti Musicali, Fondazione CRT – Conservatorio Statale di Musica G. Verdi di Torino.
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