Curriculum Vitae
Diana Syrse Valdés Rosado (Diana Syrse)
Education
2019-2023 PhD in Composition (focus on Musiktheater) - University of Birmingham. Dr. Daria Kwiatkowska and Dr. Scott Wilson
2012-2013 Master in Composition – Musiktheater. Hochschule für Musik und Theater, München. Grade: (1,0) Prof. Moritz Eggert
2010-2011 Master in Composition – Performer/Composer. California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), USA. Grade (1,0)
2009-2010 First year of Master in Composition – Indiana University Bloomington, USA.
2004-2008 Bachelor Degree in Composition – Facultad Nacional de Música, Mexico. Grade (1,0) with suma Cum Laude.
2005-2008 Bachelor in Voice (Study) – Facultad Nacional de Música, Mexico.
1995-2000 Previous Musical Studies. Music appreciation, solfege and voice lessons - Schola Cantorum de México
1992-1999 Musical Initiation Course. (CIM) in the Facultad Nacional de Música UNAM
Selected Commissions
2024 Junge Deutsche Philharmonie/Siemens Musikstiftung - Frankfurt
2023 Musikkollegium Winterthur - Switzerland
2023 Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería - Mexico City
2023 Sommets Musicaux Festival (Prize Andre Hoffmann) - Gstaad
2023 Los Angeles Master Chorale - Los Angeles
2022 Staatstheater Braunschweig (Opera) - Braunschweig
2022 Siemens Musikstiftung - Ensamble Via Nova - Weimar
2021 Neuköllner Oper and the Humboldt Forum (Opera) - Berlin
2021 Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Opera) - Düsseldorf
2021 Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Festival Présences 2021 - Paris
2020 New Juilliard Ensemble conducted by Joel Sachs - New York
2018 Opera "Nacht der Seeigel" - Staatsoper Hamburg (Opera Stabile) - Hamburg
2017 Los Angeles Philharmonic – Los Angeles
2016 Opera "Marea Roja" Túumben Paax (FONCA) National Theater of Mexico City
2014 Opera "Arsenikblüten", Theater Akademie August Everding - München
2014 Forum junger Komponisten - Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung und der Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste - München
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Experience
2023 Resident composer and jury member at the festival Sommets Musicaux. Gstaad, Switzerland
2022 Guest artist and lecturer at the Juilliard School - New York
2021 Jury of the Carmen Mateu Young Artist European Award. Barcelona
2018-2019 Work as a composer at the Staatsoper Hamburg
2018-2019 Guest artist Festival Sansusi - Latvia
2018 Guest artist and lecturer at the Festival Internacional Darwin Vargas, Valparaíso. Chile1
2018 Work as a resident composer at the Kammerspiele München - Director Ersan Mondtag
2017 Work as a resident composer at Das Berliner Ensemble - Director Ersan Mondtag
2016 Work as a resident composer at Schauspiel Frankfurt - Director Ersan Mondtag
2016 Artistic Director of the Art in Perspective Festival. Munich
2015-2016 Composer of the opera Marea Roja supported by FONCA. Mexico
2014-2015 Founder and artistic director of the Breakout Ensemble. Munich
2014 Guest artist (singer) by Iván Caramés at the Utrecht Conservatory, Holland
2013 Singing the role of Maria de Buenos Aires (Theaterakademie August Everding - Prinzregententheater)
2012 Guest artist at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
2012 Meisterkurs Komposition at the Akademie für Neue Musik with Wolfgang Rhim. Munich
2011 Performer and producer of the project Imaginary Landscapes. Los Angeles
2010-2011 Resident composer of the program Cantaré from VocalEssence.
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2009-2011 Resident composer of the program Cantaré from VocalEssence. Minneapolis and Saint Paul
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Awards and Scholarships
2022 Premio "Una vita nella musica Giovani" - Teatro la Fenice, Italy
2022 Artistic residency at the Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venedig - Venice, Italy
2022 Selected for Ricordilab. Works published by Ricordi - Berlin
2021 International Opera Composition Competition of the Nationaltheater Mannheim - Audience Choice Award
2020/2023 Artistic residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris- Prize given by the Bayerisches Staatsministerium
2020 Workshop Paroles et Musique - Opera de Montpellier
2019 Opera Creation Workshop - Académie d´Aix-en-Provence - France
2016-2018 Akademie Musiktheater heute – Deutsche Bank Stiftung. Frankfurt
2015-2016 Young Creators Program Scholarship – FONCA. Mexico City
2014 Landeshaupstadt München Musikpreis. Munich
2013-2014 Stipendium Katholische Hochschulgemeinde TU Munich
2014 Commission prize given by the Siemens Stiftung and the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste. Munich
2013 Composition commission for the program Junge Solisten given by the Siemens Stiftung. Munich
2012-2012 Residency at the Banff Center. Banff, Canada supported by FONCA
2010-2011 CalArts Dean´s scholarship. Los Angeles
2009-2010 Scholarship for Studying abroad given by FONCA. Mexico City
2009 Dean´s Scholarship Award given by Indiana University. Indiana, USA.
2008-2009 Counterpoint of Tolerance Program. Creation of the Opera no opera AH. Los Angeles
Selected Festivals
2021 Festival Nouveaux Horizons - Paris
2021 Festival Présences 2021 - Paris
2020 Festival El Aleph - Mexico
2018 Musikinstitute Darmstadt
2017/2018 Sansusi Festival - Latvia018.
2017 Focus! Festival. New Julliard Music Ensemble. New York
2016 La Habana Contemporary Music Festival
2016 Art in Perspective Festival. Munich
2016 Chorfest Watzenborn-Steinberg
2015 aDevantgarde Festival. Munich
2013 ACDA Convention. Dallas
2009-2016 Women´s in the Arts Festival. Mexico
2006-2020 Foro Internacional de Música Nueva Manuel Enríquez. Mexico
Ensembles/Orchestras (selection)
Staatsoper Hamburg, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, Mexican Phillarmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Mineria, Instituto Politécnico Nacional Orchestra, Orchestra of Montpelier, Ensemble Modern, Ensamble Via Nova, VocalEssence, Sirius Quartet, New Juilliard Ensemble, Nemian Dance Company, Oktopus Ensemble, Isura Madrigal Chor, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Túumben Paax, Breakout Ensemble, FACHA string quartet, Cuarteto Carlos Chávez, Onix Ensemble, Maderaire, Barra Libre Ensemble, Dance On Company, Baquetofonía, Staccato Choir, Isura Madrigal Choir etc.
Languages:
Spanish – first language / English – fluent-C2 / German – Fluent-C1 / French – Medium-B2 / Italian - basic