Argentinian composer and musique concrète icon Beatriz Ferreyra reflects on her influential recording career with Rewire 2013 artist Lucrecia Dalt.
“Beatriz Ferreyra began her composing career incidentally, having been exposed to the wondrously disorienting musical methods of Pierre Schaeffer and the Groupe de Recherches Musicales, or GRM, shortly after moving from her native Argentina to Paris in the 1960s. Ferreyra’s passion for their unusual sounds jump-started an education that led to the creation of her own entrancing electroacoustic works, as well as collaborations with alternative instrument inventors like Bernard Baschet and assisting roles in the realization of compositions by Schaeffer himself.
“Ferreyra has remained active in the five decades since her initial experimentations, including a stint at the Institute for Electroacoustic Music in Bourges and work in the field of music therapy, but official releases of her music have been few and far between. In 2015, her GRM Works was released via Recollection GRM in collaboration with the Viennese label Editions Mego, and the pairing of archival recordings with more recent compositions showcased a remarkable consistency and purity of artistic vision. In late 2016, Ferreyra performed at the Heroines of Sound festival in Berlin, where she spoke with Hanna Bächer for a Fireside Chat on RBMA Radio about her childhood in Argentina, the first time she heard electroacoustic music, her frustration with the younger generation’s emphasis on rhythm and the lasting influence of Bernard Parmegiani’s Violostries.”
Beatriz Ferreyra performs live at Rewire 2018 alongside Laurie Anderson, Nina Kraviz, Arto Lindsay & Zs and many more. Listen to her 1967 recording ‘Medisances’ from her Editions Mego album ‘GRM Works’ and learn more about her Rewire 2018 performance at Beatriz Ferreyra.
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