LINDSAY STETNER - CANADA
BORN 3 JUNE
Lindsay Stetner is a composer, performer and educator in Regina, Saskatchewan. Her works have reflected the need for quality and accessible Canadian compositions in not only professional concert halls but also elementary school gyms.
In 1999, she received her Bachelor of Music Composition, from the University of Regina, having studied with Dr. Thomas Schudel. Her Masters’ of Music Composition from the University of Calgary was completed in 2002. While there she studied with Dr. William Jordan, Dr. David Eagle and Allan Gordon Bell. In 2011, her Bachelor of Education After Degree was awarded from the University of Regina and in January of 2011, she began working for Regina Public Schools.
Stetner has a wide variety of works in a wide variety of genres including small ensembles, orchestral, choral, band and on-site theatre productions. Over the years, her works have been played by the Regina Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and university, high school and junior high school bands as far away as Newfoundland.
The blending of composer and educator has allowed Stetner ensure that students are aware that composers are not just a name on the top of a piece of music. Recently, she has begun to think more pedagogically about her writing for young bands by bringing in Canadian First Nations content into choral and band works.
DIANA SYRSE VALDÉS - MEXICO
BORN 3 JUNE
Diana Syrse is a composer and singer from Mexico City. Her work as a composer involves chamber and choral music, orchestra, electronics, dance and musical theater. "Syrse is an arresting singer, as well as a composer, appear destined to play a defining role the future of Mexican music..." (LA Times, Mark Swed).
Her music has been presented at international music festivals around the world. She won the Musikförderpreise der Landeshauptstadt München, the prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, the Residence at the Banff Center (Canada), the Jóvenes Creadores Program (FONCA) and the Akademie Musiktheater heute. She has been commissioned by organizations such as the Theater Akademie August Everding, the Transatlantic Arts Consortium (TAC), VocalEssence for their program Cantaré and the LA Philharmonic among others.
Her music has been performed by ensembles such as the Sirius Quartet, VocalEssence, the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, IPN Symphony Orchestra, Breakout Ensemble, Túumben Paax, Nemian Dance Company, Oktopus Ensemble, Julliard New Music Ensemble, LA Philharmonic and Isura Madrigal Chor between others. She worked in productions with different stage directors such as Ersan Mondtag, Annalena Maas, and Oscar Tapia. She worked as a resident composer for the Schauspiel Frankfurt, Pinakothek der Moderne (München), Kammerspiele München and Das Berliner Ensemble. The production of the musical theater "Marea Roja" about femicide in Mexico was presented on 2016 at the National Theater of the Arts in Mexico City. In 2014 she was the founder and artistic director of the Breakout Ensemble working as a composer and a conductor of the instrumental ensemble, and on 2015 she was the artistic director of the festival Art in Perspective in Munich. As a singer, she has premiered several compositions from composers around the world. Syrse has participated as composer-performer on festivals and concerts in the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America.
Diana Syrse was the first Mexican to present to receive a commission price from the Bavarian Fine Arts Academy and to conduct at the Munich Palace (Residenz, Munich). She lives in Munich. Between her upcoming projects, Syrse will compose an opera for the Staatsoper Hamburg (Opera Stabile), a project supported by the Deutsche Bank Stiftung.
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