Clara Maïda
Paris/Berlin
Clara Maïda lives in Paris and Berlin.
Monographic CD "in corpore vili" (Edition RZ/DAAD Berlin, 2010: http://www.edition-rz.de/2773-106,2,0.html)
"Web-wave" in Digipack CD "Expériences de vol 10,11,12,13" (Art Zoyd/In-Possible Records, 2018: https://www.artzoyd.net/produit/experiences-de-vol-101112/)
She turned to music composition after studying PSYCHOLOGY at Nice-Sophia Antipolis and Aix-Marseille 1 Universities (Bachelor's Degree) and MUSIC at the University of Huddersfield (PhD by Publication in Composition) and Paris 8-Saint-Denis University (Master 2 in Music), at Nice and Marseille Conservatories of Music and Cefedem-Sud/Training Centre for Music Teaching (National Diploma for Piano Teaching, 1st Prizes in Composition and Piano).
She has attended the master classes and composition courses of H. LACHENMANN, P. MANOURY, T. MURAIL, G. GRISEY, M. STROPPA in the ACANTHES Centre and at the Paris Superior Conservatory of Music.
She was the guest of the Artists-in-Berlin programme of the DAAD (2007-08).
She was the laureate of the BERLIN SENAT Composition Grant 2015 and the HORS LES MURS Programme 2012 of the French Institute (Paris).
Various other composition awards: KOMPOSITIONSPREIS DER LANDESHAUPTSTADT STUTTGART 2011 (1st Prize), BERLIN-RHEINSBERGER KOMPOSITIONSPREIS 2008, MUSICA NOVA 2017 & 2008 (Prague - Finalist), EARPLAY DONALD AIRD PRIZE 2008 (USA - Honorable Mention), PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA 2007 (Austria - Honorary Mention), AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE (Berlin, 2006 - Composition Grant), SALVATORE MARTIRANO MEMORIAL 2nd Prize, USA, 2003).
Commissions/Residencies: DONAUESCHINGER MUSIKTAGE, RADIO FRANCE, ART ZOYD (Valenciennes), CÉSARÉ (Reims), GRM (Paris), FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION (with 2E2M, ARDITTI QUARTET, L’ITINÉRAIRE, ACCROCHE NOTE and PROXIMA CENTAURI), French SACEM/Klang! festival, PARIS INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL, DAAD, AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE and E-STUDIO of the TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT (Berlin), GMEM (Marseille).
Her pieces have been performed by numerous ensembles within many festivals all around the world.
Her music has been broadcasted on different radios in Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, Mexico and South Africa.
She has given lectures, seminars and master classes in various institutions in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and New York.
She was a Guest Professor of composition at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (Barcelona) in 2015.
Several articles have come out in music journals and reviews of literature and psychoanalysis and two monographic CDs have been published.
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