Núria Giménez Comas

She began her musical studies with piano, but already with the idea of studying after the composition. After two years of studying mathematics, she worked counterpoint, harmony and fugue (with composers like Alejandro Civilotti). Then she entered the ESMUC (Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya) and works instrumental and electroacoustic composition with composer Christophe Havel. This work with electroacoustic music changes his way of thinking about instrumental music with a deep reflection on the notion of timbre in music. In ESMUC she also attends seminars with composers such as Michael Levinas, Helmut Lachenmann, and others.
After two years she may enjoy a period of training at the Geneva Conservatory where she studied composition with Luis Naon electroacoustic and instrumental with Michael Jarrell especially in deepening harmony and instrumentation.
She finished Bachelor in Barcelona with its final draft treaty that the application of mathematics in the process of composition. She worked with composer Mauricio Sotelo. This year she also served in multidisciplinary projects in Barcelona in connection with dancing and painting.
She has worked with musicians like Harry Sparnaay, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Ensemble BCN216, trio of Wien Klangorum, Ensemble Matka and his acusmatics works has been played in festivals like Archipel (Geneva), Emufest (Rome).
She has finished the Master in Composition at the Joint High School in Geneva and she has done projects with Ensemble Contrechamps and OCG (Chamber Orchestra of Geneva).
She has awarded in II International Prize of Composition Eulalio Ferrer in Mexico, in Choral Composition of EACC (European Association of Choral Conductors) in Graz and she has the Prize of Colegio de España de Paris-INAEM 2012.
She is doing the Cursus 1 for composers in the IRCAM this year and a project with electronics and video for Manifeste Festival.
She is a fundational member og Ensemble Matka.