Sonia Paço-Rocchia

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Sonia Paço-Rocchia
Occupation Composer, artist, programmer, bassoonist, improviser  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Awards
  • Prix Opus  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website http://musinou.net/   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Sonia Paço-Rocchia /so.ˈnja ˈpa.so ˈrɔ.kja/, born in 1982 in Montreal, is a composer, multidisciplinary artist, improviser, bassoonist and creative coder.

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Biography

After graduating in mixed music composition from the Université de Montréal in 2005, [1] she began her career in Europe, where she was based mainly in London. She later moved to the Laurentides region [2] in Quebec. Her work has been shown in a dozen countries, including Canada, [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] England [8] and Belgium. [9] In 2019, she became the first woman to receive the Prix Opus  [ fr ] in the "Creation of the Year" category. [10]

Sonia Paço-Rocchia's approach focuses on sounds, timbres and open musical forms. Her research includes the exploitation and expansion of the sound palettes of instruments through playing techniques or live electronics, inventing her own instruments and instrument automatons. Her pieces frequently involve a visual or theatrical aspect.

Sonia Paço-Rocchia is bassoonist-improviser with the London Improvisers Orchestra  [ de ]. [11] [12] [8] She regularly improvises with chamber ensembles, such as The Fantastique Quintet, [13] VibraLib [14] and ZzCc [15] or as a soloist. [16]

Work

Compositions

Installations

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Discography

Awards and recognition

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Instrument invented and designed by Sonia Paço-Rocchia
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Designed and coded by Sonia Paço-Rocchia

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