Ana-Maria Avram
Ana-Maria Avram (1961–2017) was a Romanian composer, pianist, conductor and musicologist.
Biography[]
Avram was born in 1961 in Bucharest, Romania.[1] She attended the National University of Music in Bucharest from 1980 to 1985 then she studied aesthetics at Sorbonne Paris.[2] She was also the co-director of Hyperion ensemble with her husband Iancu Dumitrescu, who founded the ensemble in 1976. Avram also took on an administrative role by creating Spectrum XXI festival and was an early member of the Romanian Community of electronic and computer music.[2] She continues to have performances of her works after her death, like Issue Projects Room's "Tombeau for Ana-Maria Avram" concert.[3]
Avram's music synthesized contemporary classical, improvisation, electro-acoustic- and electronic music. Her music tended to move between improvisation and notation. She tended to use electronics to augment her sonic palette.
Avram died in 2017.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Schell Michael. "Women in (New) Music: Remembering Ana Maria Avram (1961–2017)", Second Inversion, August 15, 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ana-Maria Avram", web.archive.org, February 23, 2007, [1]
- ^ "Either/OR: Tombeau for Ana-Maria Avram", Issue Project Room, Accessed October 26, 2019, https://issueprojectroom.org/event/eitheror-tombeau-ana-maria-avram.
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