Biography
- Maria Castro
Maria
Castro is a sound designer and composer, currently based in
France. She has worked in London for several years, on various
short films and documentaries. Maria`s work has been presented
and screened at various venues and film festivals in the United
Kingdom, Germany, France, Portugal, United States and Canada.
Her string quartet in tribute to Jeff Buckley features in the
documentary AMAZING GRACE: JEFF BUCKLEY - 'best use of music
in film' award at the CMJ Filmfest in New York (2004); best
music documentary at the San Francisco World Film festival (2005);
and best film and best documentary at the D.I.Y. Film Festival
in Los Angeles (2006). In 2004 Maria was an official participant
of the Berlinale Talent Campus during the 54th Berlin International
Film Festival. She was also one of the three finalists selected
by David Holmes for the VOLKSWAGEN SCORE COMPETITION that took
place during the Berlinale. That same year, Maria received a
commission to compose a new percussion piece for Ensemble Bash.
This piece, FILM NOIR, was performed live at a series of concerts
across the south of England during the summer 2004. Maria studied
composition in the UK with Peter Wiegold, John Woolrich, Alasdair
Nicolson, Simon Holt and Brian Lock, and in France with Arnaud
Petit and Francis Dhomont. She also attended a composition course
with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Germany in 1998. She attained
a first-class honours degree in Music at Royal Holloway, University
of London in 2000. Maria also studied at the Studio of Electronic
Music, Morley College (London), under the tuition of Philipp
Wachsmann, and became particularly interested in electronic
music and sound design. In 2006 she was awarded a PhD by the
University of
London under David Toop.
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