AnA Maria Rodriguez

AnA Maria Rodriguez links the spontaneity of improvisation with fully composed scores. Often she takes part in the performances of her own works and can be seen on stage on the keyboards or as a laptop artist. At the same time, she also works with the acoustic and architectural conditions of the performance space when creating her compositions, installations and scenic works. Thematically, her pieces revolve around the relation between poetry and technology. This relationship encompasses not only the compositional use of poetry and literary sources, but also methods of using technological means to musically unfold the rich perspectives of poetry. Heterogeneous time layers, diverse spaces, plots running contrary to logic as in poetry—Ana Maria Rodriguez is committed to expressing herself in a precise and sensuous way. 
  
AnA Maria Rodriguez studied composition, piano, history, and philosophy in Buenos Aires. She moved to Barcelona where she additionally studied electronic music and algorithmic composition at Phonos Studios. In 1993, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Germany invited her to develop several audio projects for its Artificial Intelligence faculty. Since this time Rodriguez has composed many pieces, concert installations, mixed media or music theater works for a wide range of instruments using live-electronics and computer technology. 
  
In 2005, she co-founded of the all-women ensemble Les Femmes Savantes in which AnA Maria performs as an object, keyboard and laptop player. She collaborated with many artists from different genres like Melita Dahl, Andreas Köpnick, Joanna Rajkowska (video) and the poet Ron Winkler. Since 2015, she develops in close cooperation with the Belgian director Ingrid von Wantoch Rekowski and the  American stage designer Fred Pommerehn the music-theater-installation The Stereoscope City with performances in Reims (2015), Marseille (2016), Berlin (2016), Hannover (2017) and Kaohsiung (Taiwan/2019). 
  
AnA Maria Rodiguez’ works are performed at major festivals throughout Europe and beyond: Berlin in Lights (Carnegie Hall NYC), Brückenmusik Köln, ChiffrenBiennale Kiel, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Foro International de Música Nueva Mexico City, Forum Neuer Musik (DLF Köln), Heroines of Sound Festival Berlin, KunstFestspiele Herrenhausen, Les Musiques Marseille, MaerzMusik / Berliner Festspiele, November Musik Essen, Poesiefestival Berlin, Scènes d’Europe Reims, Tage für neue Kammermusik Witten, Transmediale Berlin, Wiener Festwochen, Wien Modern.  

 

As of October 2025