Melissa Vargas

Melissa Vargas

Tipo de artista: Composer

Colombian composer and interdisciplinary author whose training in musical arts at Facultad de Artes ASAB has been enriched by classes, workshops and seminars with masters such as Graciela Paraskevaídis, Coriún Aharonián, Violeta Cruz, Gustavo Lara and Gustavo Yepes, among others.

Her sound universe is characterised by the exploration of relationality, austerity, temporality and the expansion of gesture, developing innovative concepts such as “communal sound space” and “intimate electronics”, influenced by decolonial studies. 

Her works have been performed in various venues across the Americas and Europe, including Sentencia (2017), which is part of the Museo de la Memoria. She has been recognised with Beca Laboratorio Musical para Mujeres Creadoras (IDARTES, 2021) and Premio Terra Una-IBERMÚSICAS (2016).

She currently directs Festival Mujeres en la Música Nueva and presides over Círculo Colombiano de Música Contemporánea.

País: Colombia

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