Nélida Béjar (born 1979 in

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) is a Spanish

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based in Germany. She studied Music at the

Hochschule für Musik und Theater München The University of Music and Theatre Munich (), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts music school, conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is the former ''Führerbau'' of the NSDAP, locate ...

and

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with Wilfried Hiller at Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich. In 2012 she received a

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in Composition at

Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...

, where she studied with Donnacha Dennehy. In 2009, she founded the ''undercoverfiction ensemble'' for contemporary music and music theater in Munich, along with theater director Björn Potulski. In this team, she has created opera productions in the spirit of

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, working with companies that are linked to the theme of the respective project: "Schwerer als Luft" (2010) in cooperation with Munich Airport, where the singers on stage were aircraft handlers; "This New Ocean" (2013) in cooperation with various airlines, where the singers are crew members of the airlines. Béjar teaches Music and Media at the

Selected works

;Orchestra * ''Kilter'' for large orchestra (2007) ;Ensemble * ''Nachtschattenklänge'' for two pianos and percussion (2002) * ''Cortaziana'' für baritone und 14 instruments (2005) * ''In der Sonne trage schwarz'' for wind octett and double bass (2008) ;Stage music * ''Creation'', for piano and electronics (2007) * ''Exodus'', for live processed violin (2008) ;Music theatre and opera *''Toward Perpetual Peace'', for ensemble and live electronics (2010) *''Schwerer als Luft'', choreographic opera for mixed ensemble and a choir of aircraft handlers (2012) *''This New Ocean'', opera for mixed ensemble, soprano, alto, countertenor, tenor, bass and mixed choir (2014) *''The City'', music theatre for soprano, mixed choir, synthesizer and drum set (2016)

Awards

* 2004 Fellowship of the State of Bavaria at the

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in Paris * 2005 Richard Strauss Prize of the City of Munich * 2007-2008 Residence at the Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia in

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* 2011 Music award of the City of Munich

Discography

* ''„Punkt 11“ neue und neuere Musik'' (Werke von Edlund, Béjar, Xenakis, Hosokawa, Rihm, Ishii, Gourzi, Trüstedt/Schäffer), Hochschule für Musik und Theater München /

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, 2003 * ''Singphonic Christmas'', Die Singphoniker (2005)singphoniker.de
''Singphonic Christmas''
* ''9 Fanfaren'', brass ensemble of RSK, published for the anniversary of the

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of Munich (2004)

References

External links

nelidabejar.com

undercoverfiction ensemble

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