impuls . 11th International Ensemble and Composers Academy for Contemporary Music
Graz, February 10th - 22nd, 2019
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Anna D'Errico, specials
"I think that conversation works best when the second thing that is said is not in the mind of the person who said the first thing." (John Cage)
Anna D’Errico is an artist dedicated to the music of our time. She enjoys close working relationships with established and young composers, sharing ideas, premiering new works, and devoting herself to exchanges between art forms and interdisciplinary projects.
She has toured worldwide, performing in intenational venues such as Lucerne Festival, Carnegie Hall, Wien Modern, Konzerthaus Berlin, Heidelberger Frühling, a.o., and made her debuts with orchestras including Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale, La Fenice di Venezia, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana.
She has closely worked with composers such as Lachenmann, Sciarrino, Boulez, Poppe, Aperghis, Ferneyhough, Furrer, to name a few; she has performed with conductors Peter Eötvös, Pierre Boulez, Matthias Pintscher, Lucas Vis, Marco Angius, Ilan Volkov, Jean Deroyer.
A passionate chamber musician, she organized a duo project together with pianist Alfonso Alberti and enjoys collaborating with performers Donatienne Michel-Dansac, Uli Fussenegger, Ian Pace, Dimitri Vassilakis, Marco Fusi. A founding member of Ensemble Interface, Anna has appeared with Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Linea, Ensemble Algoritmo, Ensemble Icarus and recorded for the labels Wergo, Stradivarius, Raccanto, Ars Publica and CMC Canada.
Anna has taught master classes in academic institutions such as Conservatoire de Montreal, University of Minnesota Duluth, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory di Singapore, Real Conservatorio Superior di Madrid, Sydney Conservatorium. She leads educational projects embracing contemporary music and the arts, that have been distinguished by the "Leone d’argento" Prize at the Venice Biennale, and the Abbiati Prize for Education.
She is a recipient of the Kranichsteiner Stipendienpreis at the Ferienkurse Darmstadt and of the Pianist/Composer Commissioning Project issued by the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music.