Fátima Miranda is a Spanish singer and researcher born in

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. She has a

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in history of art, with a specialization in modern art. As a singer, her compositions touch several genres like Mongol Song and

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Dhrupad Dhrupad is a genre in Hindustani classical music from the Indian subcontinent. It is the oldest known style of major vocal styles associated with Hindustani classical music (for example in the Haveli Sangeet of Pushtimarg Sampradaya), and is als ...

. She has investigated the human voice and created exclusive voice techniques, classified by tonality and register. Her interest in the avant-garde also covers video, minimal music, stage arts and artist-public contact. Miranda formed the group Taller de Música Mandana with Llorenç Barber in 1979. She was the director of the phonotheque of

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from 1982 to 1989. In 2009, Fátima Miranda was awarded the " Demetrio Stratos" International Prize for experimental music. Fátima Miranda has published two books about architecture and urbanism. She lives in

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Discography

* Las Voces de la Voz 1992 * Concierto en directo 1994 * Cantos Robados 1996 * ArteSonado 2000

References

External links

Website

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