Ana-Maria Avram

Romanian composer born September 12,1961 in Bucharest is a Romanian composer affiliated to the spectral music trend. She represents with Iancu Dumitrescu the Hyper-Spectral trend in contemporary music avant-garde music.conductor with Dumitrescu of the Hyperion Ensemble

Her music is ( [spectral] , acousmatic, heterophonic and transformational.She composed since now around 90 works, music for soloists, chamber music, music for orchestra, electronic music and computer assisted musicMain works:
* "Quatre Etudes d'Ombre" for bass flûte (1997)
* "Axe" for cello (1993)
* "Métaboles" for bass clarinet (1985)
* "Quatre Etudes orphiques" for female voice, electronics and ensemble (2006)
* "Nouvelle Axe" for strings ( 1997)
* "In Nomine Lucis" for orchestra ( 1992)
* "Telesma" for clarinet, percussion and computer sounds ( 2002)
* "Chaosmos" for orchestra (1996)
* "Lux Animae" for ensemble and computer assisted sounds ( 2004)
* "Voices of the Desert" for ensemble and computer assisted sounds ( 2005)
* " The Endless Burning Fire" for ensemble and computer sounds (2007)
* "Un raggio Ardente e di si chiara luce" for strings (2000)

Contribution in musicology:
* ”Ana Maria Avram and Iancu Dumitrescu” - Musicworks Nr 71, “Being composer” - MusicWorks nr.76 ( 2000);
* “Ana-Maria Avram: an adventure in experimental music” an interview with Costin Cazaban, Bananafish, Los Angeles no 15 ( 2001)
* Jean-Noël Von Der Weid: “La Musique du XX Siècle” - Paris, Hachette, 2004

External links

* [http://members.fortunecity.com/hyperionedmn/avram.html Biography, interviews and catalogue of works]
* [http://festivalspectrum21.tripod.com SpectrumXXI international festival dedicated to spectral music initiated by Ana-maria Avram and Iancu Dumitrescu]
* [http://http://www.cimec.ro/MUZICA/Pers/AnaMariaAvramEN.htm Biography and pressbook]
* [http://www.midheaven.com/tedium/bananafish15/avram.html An interview]