Background
Isabel Mundry was born in Schlüchtern (Germany) in 1963 and studied composition at the Hochschule der Künste and electronic music, musicology and history at the Berlin Technische Universität.
Isabel Mundry was born in Schlüchtern (Germany) in 1963 and studied composition at the Hochschule der Künste and electronic music, musicology and history at the Berlin Technische Universität.
From 1991 to 1994 she taught at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin and furthered her studies in Frankfurt with Hans Zender and later researched at the IRCAM in Paris. In addition to her teaching activities in Berlin, she held teaching appointments in Zürich and at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. Isabel Mundry was the first resident composer of the Staatskapelle in Dresden.
She previously held a similar position at the Tong Yong Festival, the Lucerne Festival and the Mannheim National Theater.
Mundry"s compositions are characterized by a highly individualized musical language, full of variants and nuances: "She hardly ever repeats herself. Each time, sounds and sequences of sounds are articulated differently." Isabel Mundry"s work is currently published by Breitkopf & Härtel.
Boris Blacher Composition Award from Berlin University of the Arts and Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" 1994 Busoni Award (de) of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Kranichsteiner Music Award (de) of the Darmstädter Ferienkurse 1996: Schneider-Schott Music Prize with Moritz Eggert 2001: Composer Award of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2012: Zender Award with Martin Zenck.
Akademie der Künste Berlin.
