Curriculum vitae - Diana Syrse Valdés Rosado
Mexico, born June 03, 1984
Academic training
2018-2023 PhD in Composition - University of Birmingham, UK
Prof. Dr. Daria Kwiatkowska and Prof. Dr. Scott Wilson
2012-2013 Master's degree in composition - Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Munich. Score (1,0)
Prof. Moritz Eggert
2010-2011 M.A. in composition in the Performer-composer program. California Institute of the Arts
Prof. Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Prof. Marc Lowenstein, Prof. Jacqueline Boback
2009-2010 First year of master's degree in composition. Indiana University Bloomington
2004-2008 Bachelor's degree in composition. National Faculty of Music, Mexico City
Qualification (1.0) with summa cum laude
Prof. Dr. Gabriela Ortiz
2005-2008 Bachelor's degree in singing. National Faculty of Music, Mexico
Prof. Edith Contreras
1995-2000 Previous musical studies. Music appreciation, music theory and voice lessons 1992-1999
Musical initiation, solfeggio and voice lessons (CIM) at the National School of Music
Selected commissions
2025-2027 Bayerische Staatsoper - Munich
2025 Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Bremen
2025-2026 Opera Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie - Montpellier
2024 Junge Deutsche Philharmonie - Frankfurt
2023 Musikkollegium Winterthur - Winterthur
2023 Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería - Mexico
2023 Sommets Musicaux Festival - Gstaad
2022-2023 Los Angeles Master Chorale - Los Angeles
2022 Staatstheater Braunschweig- Braunschweig
2021 Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung / Ensemble Via Nova - Weimar
2021 Trio d'Argent, Paris
2021 Festival Nouveaux Horizons - Aix-en-Provence
2021 Beth Morrisons Project, New York
2021 Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf
2020-2021 Festival Présences - Radio France Orchestra - Paris
2019-2022 Neuköllner Oper & Humboldt Forum Berlin
2018-2019 New Juilliard Ensemble - New York
2018 Hamburg Opera - Hamburg
2017 Los Angeles Philharmonic - Los Angeles
2014 EigenArt - August Everding Theatre Academy - Munich
2014 Forum junger Komponisten - Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung - Munich
Experience
2017-2025 Composer, singer, artistic director, cultural manager
2024 Jury for the selection of the anthem of the State of Guanajuato - Mexico
2023 Composer in residence and member of the Sommets Musicaux - Gstaad festival jury
2022 Guest artist and professor at The Juilliard School - New York
2021 Jury of the Carmen Mateu European Prize for Young Artists - Barcelona
2018-2019 Composer at the Staatsoper Hamburg - Germany
2018-2019 Guest artist and residency at Sansusi Festival - Latvia
2018 Guest artist and teacher at the Darwin Vargas International Festival - Valparaíso
2018 Composer in residence at the Kammerspiele München - Director Ersan Mondtag
2017 Composer in residence at Das Berliner Ensemble - Director Ersan Mondtag
2016 Composer in residence at Schauspiel Frankfurt - Director Ersan Mondtag
2016 Artistic director of the Art in Perspective festival - Munich
2015-2016 Composer of the opera Marea Roja supported by FONCA - México
2014-2015 Founder and artistic director of the Breakout Ensemble - Munich
2014 Guest artist and teacher by Iván Caramés at the Utrecht Conservatory - Netherlands
2013 Role of María in the opera María de Buenos Aires (Theaterakademie August Everding) - Munich
2012 Guest artist and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich
2012 Meisterkurs Komposition - Akademie für Neue Musik with Wolfgang Rhim -Munich
2011 Performer and producer of the Imaginary Landscapes project - Los Angeles
2009-2011 Composer in residence - Cantaré VocalEssence Program - Dakota, Minneapolis, Saint Paul
Price
2022 Una vita nella Musica Giovani Prize - La Fenice Theatre - Venice
2022 Artist in residence at the Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venice - Bayerisches Staatsministerium
2022 Ricordilab competition winner - Publication of works by Ricordi
2021 Finalist and Audience Prize at the International Opera Composition Competition NTM
2021 - 2022 Residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris - Bayerisches Staatsministerium
2020 Selected to take part in the Paroles et Musique program - Opéra de Montpellier
2014 Music Prize of the City of Munich - Munich
2012 Artist residency at The Banff Centre, Banff - Canada
2008-2009 Counterpoint of Tolerance project: creation of the opera AH!! in Los Angeles
Scholarships
2018 Académie d'Aix-en-Provence - Aix-en-Provence
2016-2018 Akademie Musiktheater heute - Deutsche Bank Stiftung - Frankfurt
2015-2016 Young Creators Program Grant - FONCA - Mexico
2013-2014 TU Munich Catholic University Community Scholarship - Munich
2010-2011 CalArts Dean's Fellowship - Los Angeles
2009-2010 FONCA study abroad scholarship - Mexico
2009 Dean's Scholarship - Indiana University - USA
Selected festivals:
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Sommets Musicaux in Gstaad (2023), Festival Présences de l'Orchestre de Radio France in Paris (2021), Festival Nouveaux Horizons in Aix-en-Provence (2021), Festival Sansusi in Latvia (2019), Festival international Darwin Vargas in Chile (2018), Darmstadt Institute of Music (2018), Focus! Festival by the New Juilliard Music Ensemble in New York (2017), CDMX Festival with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (2017), Havana Contemporary Music Festival in Cuba (2016), Art in Perspective Festival in Munich (2016), Florence International Choral Festival in Italy (2015), ACDA Convention in Dallas (2013), Saarburg Musikfestival in Saarburg and Luxembourg (2010)
Languages: Spanish (mother tongue), English (level C2), German (level C1), French (level B1), Italian (level A2) - Nationality: Mexican/German