Claudia Montero

Composer´s Bio.

Was born in Buenos Aires, and started her musical education in Alberto Ginastera Conservatory in Buenos Aires, graduating in Musical Pedagogy and Composition. From 1993 to the present, she has had an opening for all her works.

She has received requests from Soloists in the most pretisgious Orchestras in Buenos Aires, and Chamber Orchestras from the Chambers in Argentina, Spain and the rest of Europe.

Buenos Aires Chamber Orchestra, Crescendo Orchestra, Honorable National Congress Chamber Orchestra, Jerez Chamber Orchestra, Pau Casals Orchestra, Paris Sinfonietta, Maganos Quintet (Italy), Almus Quartet (Spain), Kamer Quartet, Barrenachea-Cabeza Duo (Mexico- Spain), Il Concerto Academico, Quatre en Ü, Luminar Trio (Argentina), and Neuquén Symphonic Orchestra, Hsinchu University Orchestra ( Taiwán), and Orchestra of the Taipei University of Arts, Floraleda Sacchi ( harp), Wolfang Weigel,( guitar) are some soloist, and groups that have requested her works and played them in opening nights. She has been invited to Musical Festivals as composer and lecturer.

She has participated in International Musical Festivals like Cagliari (Italy), "A Orillas del Guadalquivir"("At the Banks of the Guadalquivir") (Spain), Ayamonte Musical Festival (Spain), " From the End of the World"( Taiwán) 2008, and At the End of the World 2ª Edition bahía Blanca. Argentina 2009, Gitarreland Festival 2010 ( Germany and France) with openings and first auditions of her works. All of them with an important repercussion in the media. She has received awards for Composition, A la Memoria de René Teseo (In Memory of René Teseo) , ADOMU Award, and has been finalist in the TRINAC Awards. She has given seminars about Argentinian Chamber Music in Conservatories in Trieste, Cagliari and Udine in Italy, at Alcalá University, Spain, during the Iberoamerican Meetings "Women in Art" (2002), Tsing Hua University ( Taiwán) 2008 Since 2002, She has been living in Valencia, where she has attended the Master in Musical Aesthetics and Creativity ( Valencia University)

As Founder and President of "Women in Art" Association in Valencia, her aim is the promotion and diffusion of works carried out by Women in Art, giving concerts and conferences in the Music Palau in Valencia and monographic conference and concerts. being her last projects the Tribute to Alfonsina Storni , which has reached great repercussion international, developing in New York, Buenos Aires, Valencia and Bremen. Since 2008 she initiates cooperation with violinist Yi-Fang Huang in the creation of the O2 Platform of Cultural Exchanges, and their joint performances included the 2008 serie "From the End of the World" in Taiwan, 2009 in Argentina, and with the projected next edition in South Africa in 2010. Also under their handling, are the "chinese new year concert" in Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg simultaneosly. At present she teachs Composition in Joaquín Rodrigo Superior Conservatory of Music of Valencia.