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Alba Fernanda Triana began her composition career in 1992. Since then, she has strived to respond with her work to the cultural transformations of the globalized world. Aspects of present-day life such as state of the art technology, telecommunications, interactivity, massive access to information, among others, have led her to pose the question: what could become the meaning of composition, performance and aesthetic musical experience in the context of contemporary life? Triana proposes redefinitions of music and its constituent elements bearing upon this question. Thus, besides her strictly musical oeuvre, she has a hybrid production crossing over boundaries of diverse artistic disciplines, science and technology. Creating what she has coined “Music Art”, she makes her own way through contemporary music and sound art. Alba Triana obtained her Bachelor's degree at Javeriana University (Colombia) achieving academic excellence and merits. With the help of scholarships from Mazda foundation and Fulbright, she earned her Master's degree in Composition New Media / Integrated Media at California Institute of the Arts (U.S.), and began her doctoral studies at University of California in San Diego (U.S.). Her work has been shown in renowned concert halls, festivals, galleries museums and non-conventional venues in Latin America, the United States and Europe. Her numerous awards and recognitions have made her one of the most distinguished Colombian artists of the time. In Colombia, she has worked as a college professor and consultant for the Ministry of Culture. She currently dedicates herself to her artistic production, managed in the U.S. by Music Artwoks LLC.
Biography
FESTIVALS AND GALLERIES Art and Culture Center of Hollywood (U.S.), 2011. Diapason Gallery (New York, U.S.), 2010. La Colombie à Paris, Alliance Française (France), 2009. Work in Progress Cycle, French Alliance (Colombia), 2008. Salk Institute (U.S.), 2003. Transforming Voices: Works by Women, California State University - Fullerton (U.S.), 2003. Jack Straw Productions’ New Media Gallery (Seattle, U.S.), 2003. Represented Colombia in Desde el Sur - an Evening of Latin American New Music, Inter-American Development Bank (Washington, D.C., U.S.), 2002. MAK Center for Art and Architecture (Los Angeles, U.S.), 2001. Orange Festival (U.S.), 2000. Orange County Museum (U.S.), 2000. International Festival of Contemporary Music (Colombia), 1993-2001. Synthèse festival (France), 1997. Futura festival (France), 1996-1997.
HONORS Honorable mention, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Fifth All-Media Juried Biennial (U.S.), 2011. Work: Sounding Score. National Creative Grant, Ministry of Culture (Colombia), 2009. Work: Sounding Score. Best exhibition of the year award, French Alliance (Colombia), 2008. Work: Electronic Gamelan. Juror, Artistic Residences XI Edition, Ministry of Culture (Colombia), 2008. Homage to her artistic production, Bank of the Republic (Colombia), 2007. Juror, National Composition Awards, Ministry of Culture (Colombia), 2006. Ph.D scholarship, University of California - San Diego (U.S.), 2002 – 2003. Artistic Residency Award, FONCA (Mexico) – Ministry of Culture (Colombia), 2001-2002. Selected among 126 composers from the U.S. and Canada to show her work at the College Music Society Annual Meeting (U.S.), 2001. Commission, American Composers Forum (U.S.), 2001. Work: Noneto. Creative grant, California Institute of the Arts (U.S.), 2000. Work: Heart Piece. Master’s degree scholarship, California Institute of the Arts (U.S.), 2000. Master’s degree scholarship, Fulbright (U.S.), 1999. Master’s degree scholarship, Mazda Foundation (Colombia), 1999. First prize, “Otto de Greiff” Best Thesis Work National Contest (Colombia), 1998. Juror, National Musical Band Contest (Colombia), 1998. National Creative Grant, Ministry of Culture (Colombia), 1998. Work: A la Mesa. First prize, National Composition Contest IDCT (Colombia), 1997. Work: Una Jugada de Dados. Second prize, BID contest (U.S.), 1997. Music for the TV show Ecuación, Señal Colombia channel. Creative residency, L’Institut International de Musique Électroacoustique (France), 1997. Work: A la Mesa. First prize, National Electroacoustic Music Contest (Colombia), 1995. Work: Suite Logique. Honorable mention, National Music Council (Colombia), 1995. Work: Pentafonía. Honorable mention, Colcultura National Prizes (Colombia), 1993. Work: Pentafonía.
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EDUCATION Began Ph.D. studies in music composition, University of California - San Diego (U.S.), 2002 – 2003. Master of Fine Arts, Composition New Media / Integrated Media, California Institute of the Arts (U.S.), 2001. Bachelor's degree, Music Composition, Javeriana University (Colombia), 1997. She achieved academic excellence and merits. Electroacoustic studies residency, L’Institut International de Musique Électroacoustique (France), 1996. Musical composition workshops, National Center of the Arts (Mexico), 1995.

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