Beatriz Ferreyra
Beatriz Ferreyra. Photo courtesy of the Artist.
Beatriz Ferreyra is an Argentinian composer and educator known for her musique concrète compositions.
Ferreyra was born in Cordoba, Argentina, and studied piano with Celia Bronstein in Buenos Aires. She continued her study of music with Nadia Boulanger and Edgardo Cantón in Paris, and worked with Earle Brown and György Ligeti in Germany. Ferreyra worked at GRM from 1963 to 1970, where she participated in the production of recordings for Pierre Schaeffer’s 1967 work Solfège de l’Objet Sonore. During GRM training periods, Ferreyra worked as a teacher and educator, giving lectures and courses at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris. Since 1970, she has worked as an independent composer, alongside conducting instrumental research in collaboration with Bernard Baschet on his Structures Sonores (1970). In 1975, she became member of Collège des Compositeurs created by the GMEB. In 1976, Ferreyra worked at Dartmouth College in Hanover in the United States, before training and studying in music therapy. More recently, she curated a series of musique concrète concerts at Centre d'Études et de Recherche Pierre Schaeffer in Montbelliard, France in 1998. Ferreyra has released several albums to critical acclaim and has composed for ballet, theatre and concert. Ferreyre continues to perform live and regularly conducts workshops in acoustic composition.
