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Adina Izarra (born 1959) is a Venezuelan musician, music educator and composer.

Biography

Adina Izarra was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She studied music under Alfredo del Mónaco in Caracas and received her Ph.D. in composition from York University, England, in 1988, after studying with Vic Hoyland.

After 1988 Izarra returned to Caracas where she took a position as professor of composition at Simón Bolívar University. Between 1999 and 2001, she was a member of the executive committee of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM).[1][2] Currently residing in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where she is a professor at the University of the Arts. She works in the areas of live electronics and audio-reactive visuals.

She has a duet with Rubén Riera, who plays ancient and contemporary plucked string instruments, with whom she performs original improvisations, works by both, as well as covers a lot of old music, transformed through electronics.

Adina has just received a Master's degree in Digital Audiovisual Postproduction from ESPOL, Guayaquil and has a PhD in composition from the University of York, England.Currently residing in Guayaquil, Ecuador, working as a professor at the University of the Arts. She works in the areas of live electronics and audio-reactive visuals.

Works

References

  1. ^ "Adina Izarra". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  2. ^ Collins, Nicholas; Collins, Nick; d'Escriván, Julio (2007). The Cambridge companion to electronic music. Cambridge Companions to Music. ISBN 9780521868617. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  3. ^ "List of Works". Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
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