Diana Arismendi

Diana Arismendi (born November 8, 1962) is a Venezuelan composer.

Diana Arismendi
Born	November 8, 1962 Caracas, Venezuela
Nationality	Venezuelan
Alma mater	École Normale de Musique de Paris
Occupation	Composer

Life

Born in Caracas, Arismendi studied at the Escuela de Música "Prudencio Esáa" and at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música Juan José Landaeta, both in the city of her birth. A government scholarship afforded her the opportunity to travel to Paris for further study, and in 1982 she began lessons under Jacques Castérède and Yoshisha Taira at the École Normale de Musique de Paris; she graduated from the institution in 1986. That same year she became a professor at the Conservatorio de Música Simón Bolívar, where she remained until 1990. Another scholarship, this one from OEA, allowed her to attend the Catholic University of America, from which she received a master's degree in 1992 and a doctorate two years later. Arismendi has worked in various forms, including opera, and has composed a number of works for orchestra as well as chamber pieces, piano works, and choral music.[1] She has also worked with electroacoustic media.[2]

References

1. Miguel Ficher; Martha Furman Schleifer; John M. Furman (16 October 2002). Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-1-4616-6911-1.
2. Lydia. Ayers; Andrew. Horner (1996). Conference Proceedings of the .... International Computer Music Conference. Computer Music Association,.