MP3 file of the piece "Ipso primero" (composed by Clara Maïda in 2022).
"Ipso primero", for electronics, is both an electronic piece to be performed in concert and an 9-mn sound loop to be played with the visual installation "Lostery 3" (see one drawing projected during the installation).

Image: Clara Maïda's drawing of "Lostery 3", a sound and visual installation soon premiered in FACTaway FESTIVAL (Reims-France, 2022).

Commissioned by ART ZOYD STUDIOS, the FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE and CÉSARÉ.

Premiere in 2022. FACTaway FESTIVAL, Reims-France. 
Music composition and realization of the visual installation (paintings, painted objects and projected image): Clara Maïda.

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Ipso primero - 2022

MP3 file of the piece "..., das spinnt...".
"..., das spinnt...", for amplified string quartet
2nd piece of "www", a series for string quartet 
(composed by Clara Maïda in 2013).

Image: © Clara Maïda's photography (2012), New York City.

Commissioned by the FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION and ARDITTI QUARTET.

Premiere on November 15, 2013. HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL, Huddersfield-UK. 
ARDITTI QUARTET.

..., das spinnt... - 2013

MP3 file of the piece "...who holds the strings...".
"...who holds the strings...", for string quartet
1st piece of "www", a series for string quartet 
(composed by Clara Maïda in 2003).

Image: © Clara Maïda's photography (2012), New York City.

Premiere on March 17 and 18, 2004. LÉONARD DE VINCI Opera, Rouen-FR. "LES TRENTE ANS DU QUATUOR ARDITTI" ("Arditti Quartet 30-year anniversary").
ARDITTI QUARTET.

This piece is included in Clara Maïda's monographic CD "in corpore vili", published in January 2010 (DAAD/Edition RZ, Berlin: http://www.edition-rz.de/2773-106,2,0.html).

...who holds the strings... - 2004 (monographic CD "in corpore vili")

MP3 file of the piece "Fluctuatio (in)animi".
"Fluctuatio (in)animi", for flute, violin, viola, cello, double bass and electronics (piece composed by Clara Maïda in 2006).

Image: © Clara Maïda’s photography (2005), Berlin Hauptbahnhof.

PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA, Linz-AT - Honorary Mention (2007).

Commissioned by the Berlin AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE. Residency at the Berlin AdK and at the STUDIO FÜR ELEKTROAKUSTISCHE MUSIK of the AdK-DE.

Premiere on November 25, 2006, AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE, Berlin-DE. 
KAMMERENSEMBLE NEUE MUSIK BERLIN. Technical processing: AdK (Andre BARTETZKI). 

This piece is included in Clara Maïda's monographic CD "in corpore vili", published in January 2010 (DAAD/Edition RZ, Berlin: http://www.edition-rz.de/2773-106,2,0.html).

Fluctuatio (in)animi - 2006 (monographic CD "in corpore vili")

MP3 file of the piece "Kinêm(a)bstract".
"Kinêm(a)bstract", for amplified flute, saxophone, prepared piano and percussion 
2nd piece of the series "Kinêm(a)"  
(piece composed by Clara Maïda in 2012).

Image: © Clara Maïda’s drawing (2012), Kinêma.

Commissioned by the FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE and PROXIMA CENTAURI ensemble.

Premiere on May 4, 2008. OPUS 12.3 Evening(Season of PROXIMA CENTAURI ensemble), LE ROCHER DE PALMER, Bordeaux-FR. 
PROXIMA CENTAURI ensemble.

Kinêm(a)bstract - 2012

MP3 file of the piece "Via rupta" 
"Via rupta", for flute, clarinet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, double bass and electronics 
(piece composed by Clara Maïda in 2005).

Image: © Clara Maïda’s photography (2005), Berlin Hauptbahnhof.

Commissioned by the FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE and the GMEM. Residency at the GMEM, Marseille-FR.

Premiere on May 21, 2005. LES MUSIQUES festival, Marseille-FR. 
ENSEMBLE ORCHESTRAL CONTEMPORAIN, conducted by Fabiàn PANISELLO. Technical processing: GMEM (Leopold FREY). 

This piece is included in Clara Maïda's monographic CD "in corpore vili", published in January 2010 (DAAD/Edition RZ, Berlin: http://www.edition-rz.de/2773-106,2,0.html).

Via rupta - 2005 (monographic CD "in corpore vili")

MP3 file of the piece "Ipso facto".
"Ipso facto", for electronics 
(piece composed by Clara Maïda in 2007).

Image: © Clara Maïda’s photography (2005), Berlin Hauptbahnhof.

Residency at the ELECTRONIC STUDIO of the TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT, Berlin-Germany.

Premiere on September 21, 2007. FÜNF + 1 festival (Kleiner Wasserspeicher, Prenzlauer Berg), Berlin-Germany. 
Technical processing: E-Studio of the Berlin TU. 

This piece is included in Clara Maïda's monographic CD "in corpore vili", published in January 2010 (DAAD/Edition RZ, Berlin: http://www.edition-rz.de/2773-106,2,0.html).

Ipso facto - 2007 (monographic CD "in corpore vili"

MP3 file of the piece "Doppelklänger" 
"Doppelklänger", for prepared and amplified piano
(composed by Clara Maïda in 2008).

Image: © Clara Maïda's photography (2012), New York City.

Commissioned by the BERLINER KÜNSTLERPROGRAMM of the DAAD.
Premiere on July 25, 2008. INVENTIONEN festival, Berlin-DE. 
Heather O’DONNELL.

This piece is included in Clara Maïda's monographic CD "in corpore vili", published in January 2010 (DAAD/Edition RZ, Berlin: http://www.edition-rz.de/2773-106,2,0.html).

Doppelklänger - 2008 (monographic CD "in corpore vili")

MP3 file of the piece "Web-wave".
"Web-wave", for 4 instruments, live electronics and video
2nd part of the triptych "Web studies"
Video: Jenny E. SABIN, Cornell University, USA
(composed by Clara Maïda in 2016)

Image: Photo of the world premiere at Auditorium Marcel Landowski, Paris (FR).

Commissioned by RADIO FRANCE (Alla breve).

Premiere on October 8, 2016. RADIO FRANCE (Alla breve), Paris-FR. Recorded in RADIO FRANCE Studio.
2E2M ensemble, conducted by Pierre ROULLIER

This piece is part of ART ZOYD’s Digipack CD 2018 "Expériences de Vol 10, 11, 12, 13" (ART ZOYD, May 2018: https://www.artzoyd.net/produit/experiences-de-vol-101112/)

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Web-wave - 2016 (Art Zoyd’s Digipack CD 2018 "Expériences de Vol 10, 11, 12, 13")

MP3 file of the piece "Kinê-Diffr(a)ct". 
"Kinê-Diffr(a)ct", for amplified flute, saxophone, guitar, prepared piano, percussion, violin and viola 
1st piece of the series "Kinêm(a)"
(piece composed by Clara Maïda in 2008).

Image: © Clara Maïda’s photography (2012), New York City.

Commissioned by the FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE and PROXIMA CENTAURI ensemble.

Premiere on April 10, 2008. OPUS 8.2 Evening, T.N.T. of Bordeaux-FR. 
PROXIMA CENTAURI ensemble.

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Kinê-Diffr(a)ct - 2008

MP3 file of the piece "Ipso Lotto".
"Ipso Lotto", for electronics, is both an electronic piece to be performed in concert and an 8-mn sound loop to be played with the visual installation "Lostery 2" (see the photography of the installation).
(composed by Clara Maïda in 2017)

Image: © Clara Maïda's photo of "Lostery 2", a sound and visual installation premiered in ECLAT FESTIVAL (Stuttgart-DE, 2017).

Commissioned by ECLAT FESTIVAL.

Premiere on February 3, 2017. ECLAT FESTIVAL, Stuttgart-DE. 
Contrabass clarinet: Theo NABICHT.
Music composition and realisation of the visual installation (paintings, painted objects and projected image): Clara Maïda.

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Ipso Lotto - 2017

MP3 sound sample of the piece "Web-wake" (composed by Clara Maïda in 2016) - Bars 1-60.

"Web-wake" is the 1st part of the triptych "Web studies", for violin, viola, harp, prepared piano, live electronics and interactive video (video: Jenny E. SABIN).

The piece refers to virtual architecture and to the structure of webs. It develops interconnected sound threads in interaction with the generative video.

Image: Photo of the German premiere at ECLAT festival, Stuttgart (DE).

Commissioned by the FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION and 2EM ensemble.

World premiere on January 24, 2017. AUDITORIUM MARCEL LANDOWSKI, Paris (FR). 
German premiere on February 4, 2017. ECLAT festival, Stuttgart (DE). 
2E2M ensemble, conducted by Pierre ROULLIER.

Web-wake - Sample (bars 1-60) - 2016

Clara Maïda lives in Paris and Berlin. 
Monographic CD "in corpore vili" (Edition RZ/DAAD Berlin, 2010: http://www.edition-rz.de/2773-106,2,0.html)
"Web-wave" in Digipack CD "Expériences de vol 10,11,12,13" (Art Zoyd/In-Possible Records, 2018: https://www.artzoyd.net/produit/experiences-de-vol-101112/)

She turned to music composition after studying PSYCHOLOGY at Nice-Sophia Antipolis and Aix-Marseille 1 Universities (Bachelor's Degree) and MUSIC at the University of Huddersfield (PhD by Publication in Composition) and Paris 8-Saint-Denis University (Master 2 in Music), at Nice and Marseille Conservatories of Music and Cefedem-Sud/Training Centre for Music Teaching (National Diploma for Piano Teaching, 1st Prizes in Composition and Piano).

She has attended the master classes and composition courses of H. LACHENMANN, P. MANOURY, T. MURAIL, G. GRISEY, M. STROPPA in the ACANTHES Centre and at the Paris Superior Conservatory of Music.

She was the guest of the Artists-in-Berlin programme of the DAAD (2007-08). 

She was the laureate of the BERLIN SENAT Composition Grant 2015 and the HORS LES MURS Programme 2012 of the French Institute (Paris).
Various other composition awards: KOMPOSITIONSPREIS DER LANDESHAUPTSTADT STUTTGART 2011 (1st Prize), BERLIN-RHEINSBERGER KOMPOSITIONSPREIS 2008, MUSICA NOVA 2017 & 2008 (Prague - Finalist), EARPLAY DONALD AIRD PRIZE 2008 (USA - Honorable Mention), PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA 2007 (Austria - Honorary Mention), AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE (Berlin, 2006 - Composition Grant), SALVATORE MARTIRANO MEMORIAL 2nd Prize, USA, 2003).

Commissions/Residencies: DONAUESCHINGER MUSIKTAGE, RADIO FRANCE, ART ZOYD (Valenciennes), CÉSARÉ (Reims), GRM (Paris), FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION (with 2E2M, ARDITTI QUARTET, L’ITINÉRAIRE, ACCROCHE NOTE and PROXIMA CENTAURI), French SACEM/Klang! festival, PARIS INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL, DAAD, AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE and E-STUDIO of the TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT (Berlin), GMEM (Marseille).

Her pieces have been performed by numerous ensembles within many festivals all around the world.

Her music has been broadcasted on different radios in Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, Mexico and South Africa.

She has given lectures, seminars and master classes in various institutions in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and New York.
She was a Guest Professor of composition at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (Barcelona) in 2015.

Several articles have come out in music journals and reviews of literature and psychoanalysis and two monographic CDs have been published.

Clara Maïda

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