Ana Lara

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Ana Lara during the premier of her work Altre Lontananze

Ana Lara (born 30 November 1959) is a Mexican composer.

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Life

Ana Lara was born in Mexico City and studied at the National Conservatory of Music with Mario Lavista and Daniel Catán and later with Federico Ibarra  [ da; es; de ]. She continued her studies at the Warsaw Academy of Music with Zbigniew Rudzinski  [ pl; de ] and Wlodzimierz Kotonski. She also studied ethnomusicology at the University of Maryland, graduating with a Master of Arts degree.

After completing her studies, Lara worked as a composer and music producer. In 1989 she began producing a Mexico City University Radio (Radio UNAM) contemporary music program, and in 2000 she was nominated as Best Classical Album Producer at the Latin Grammy Awards. She founded and served as artistic director of Mexico's International Festival Música y Escena, and served as artistic director of the Puebla Instrumenta Verano 2004 summer courses. She also teaches music and seminars on Latin American and twentieth century music. [1] [2]

Works

Selected works include:

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References

  1. "Ana Lara" . Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  2. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. ISBN   9780393034875 . Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  3. "Symphony: Volume 55". American Symphony Orchestra League. 2004.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)