podcast 45-Irene Galindo Quero

Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezza

Irene is a Spanish composer currently based in Berlin. She studied composition with Pedro Guajardo, Cornelius Schwehr and Johannes Schöllhorn, and has been recognized by several fellowships and awards such as La Caixa-DAAD, Association des Amis de Royaumont, Artist-in-Residence of the NRW Kunststiftung and the Goethe Institute in Mumbai. Her music has been performed by ensemble Surplus, Aleph Gitarrenquartett, Linea Ensemble Strasbourg, ensemble aisthesis, ensemble cross.art, vorEcho, ensemble alarm, L’Autre mOnde Ensemble, and Handwerk.

In our conversation we talk about what brought her to Germany from Spain, the use of language in her music, and how she takes inspiration from other forms of media. The piece played in this interview is called A Handful of Earth and was performed by Handwerk.