Bio

Diego Ramos Rodríguez appears regularly as a composer and violinist in numerous festivals and venues in Europe, USA, Israel and Asia. His compositions have received several awards and been performed and broadcasted more than ten countries around the world. His body of work includes concert and film music, multimedia pieces and music theater, often collaborating with other artists and musicians such as composers Heiner Goebbels and Helmut Lachenmann, Ensemble Modern, writer Nuno Ramos and filmmaker Timm Kröger. He was involved in the restoration of Abel Gance's chef d'œuvre La Roue (1923) in collaboration with Bernd Thewes, François Ede, Arte/ZDF, L'image retrouvée and the Berlin Radio Orchestra (RSB).
Education
  • from 2015.- PhD in Musikwissenschaft (Musicology). Prof. Marion Saxer. Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
  • 2012-2014.- Master Neue Musik (Violin and Composition). International Ensemble Modern Academy. Frankfurt am Main
  • 2010-2012.- Master Violin (Prof. Andreas Krecher) and Postgraduate in Composition (Prof. Manfred Trojahn). Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf.
  • 2006-2010.- Grado Superior (Bachelor) in Violin (Prof. Joaquín Torre) and Composition (Prof. Teresa Catalán). Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid.
Composer
  • 2.2020.- Matter of Facts (with Gregor Glogowski and Benjamin Hoesch). Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main/Theater Lichthof Hamburg.
  • 9.2019.- Über die menschliche Natur (with Nuno Ramos). Musikfest Eroica of the Alte Oper Frankfurt. Mousounturm. Frankfurt am Main.
  • 2.2018.- Portrait-concert at the Colegio de España en París.
  • 10.2017.- Premiere at the concert series Wortklangraum (Bonn, Germany). Améi Quartett.
  • 9.2017.- Guest composer at Ultima Oslo. Améi Quartett.
  • 6.2017.- Premiere at the Manifeste Festival. IRCAM, Paris. Ensemble Intercontemporain.
  • 8.2016.- Premiere at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik. Chiara Percivati, clarinet
  • 5.2016.- Presentations and concerts at the Slowind Spring Festival. Ljubljana. Slowind.
  • 12.2015.- Guest composer at the Aula de (re)estrenos. Compositores Sub-35. Fundación Juan March. Madrid.
  • 11.2015.- Participation in the 7th Composition Seminar of the Ensemble Modern. Premiere of the film-music piece Das Jech in collaboration with Timm Kröger at the cresc... Biennale. Ensemble Modern.
  • 9.2015.- Presentations and concerts at the Takefu International Music Festival. Japan. Slowind.
  • 9.2014.- Guest composer at the Gaudeamus Muziekweek Utrecht. International Ensemble Modern Academy.
  • 9.2014.- Guest composer at the Festival der Jungen Talente Offenbach. International Ensemble Modern Academy.
Further concerts and premieres at unerhörte musik (Berlin), KunstKulturKirche Allerheiligen (Frankfurt), ZKM Karlsruhe, Frankfurt LAB, Societé de la Musique Contemporaine Lausanne...
Violinist
Ensembles: Ensemble Modern, Bayerische Staatsoper, Ensemble MusikFabrik, Ensemble Interface, Ensemble Conetrchamps, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Sonemus Ensemble, Améi Quartett, Isenburg Quartett, Mondstein Duo, Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, Laban Tanz Project, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg...

Festivals and venues: Donaueschinger Musiktage, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Münchner Opernfestspiele, ZKM Quantensprünge Karlsruhe, Acht Brücken Cologne, Gaudeamus Muziekweek Utrecht, Fondation Royaumont, Festival Présence Paris, Accademia di Musica Pinerolo, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Stadttheater Gießen, Festspielhaus Hellerau (Dresden), Wortklangraum Bonn, Ultima Oslo, Wigmore Hall London, Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen (Hannover), Mecklenburger Festspiele, Beethovenhaus Bonn, Colegio de España en París, Teatro Real de Madrid... Further concerts in Israel, Bosnia, Holland, Italy, Spain...
Teacher, researcher, educator
  • from 2013.- Workshops, presentations and lectures. International Ensemble Modern Academy. Frankfurt am Main. See EDU > Music Film Media
  • from 2016.- member of the advisory board of the Datenbank Neue Musik: database with methodological/pedagogical notes on works of contemporary music for student ensembles. Netzwerk Neue Musik Baden-Württemberg/Bundesakademie für musikalische Jugendbildung Trossingen. Link
  • from August 2014.- Assistant of Helmut Lachenmann/Breitkopf & Härtel, working on the edition and publication of the works AIR - für großes Ensemble mit Schlagzeug Solo (EMO Fassung 2015), Marche fatale (orchestral version 2017) and My Melodies (2018).
  • 2017–2019.- musical assistant for the restoration of Abel Gance's film La Roue (1923). Artistic director: Bernd Thewes. Production: ZDF/Arte/ Fondation Seydoux.
  • 2017.- Guest teacher at the Evangelische Hochschule Darmstadt (Master Sozialarbiet).
  • 2015.- Ruang Suara. Zeitgenössische Musik aus Indonesian. Project assistance with the Ensemble Modern and the composers Gatot Danar Sulistiyanto, Arham Aryadi, Dewa Alit, Gema Swaratyagita, Joko Porong, Ris Banbos, Taufik Adam and Stevie Jonathan. Frankfurt.
  • 10.2014-4.2016.- Guest teacher (Violin/Instrumentation/Improvisation) at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main.
Prizes, grants
2017.- PhD Scholarship. Gisela und Peter W. Schatt Stiftung. Hamburg.

2016.- Premio de Composición Musical del Colegio de España en París/INAEM.
         .- Egidio Carella Composition Competition. Val Tidone International Music Competition.
         .- Deutscher Musikwettbewerb - Composition. Finalist.

2014.- Lenzewski-Wettbewerb für Neue Kammermusik. Frankfurt. Mondstein Duo. Special Prize.
         .- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hochschulwettbewerb - Ensemble Neue Musik. Berlin. International  Ensemble Modern Academy. 3rd Pize.

2013.- Karlsruher Kompositionswettbewerb. 2nd Prize.
         .- Boris Pergamenschikow Wettbewerb für Neue Kammermusik. Berlin. Améi Quartett. Prize to the best oral presentation.
         .- Fundación Mutua Madrileña Scholarship.
         .- Deutscher Musikwettbewerb - Composition. Finalist.

2012.- Kammermusikwettbewerb der Pol. Gesellschaft. Frankfurt. Améi Quartett. Special Prize.
         .- Kunststiftung NRW Scholarship.
         .- DAAD-La Caixa Scholarship.

2011.- Composition competition "Colegio de España en París-INAEM". Special prize.
         .- Composition competition "Promoción de estrenos para jóvenes compositores". JONDE-INAEM. Madrid.
         .- Composition competition "Flora Prieto". Madrid. 1st Prize.

2010.- Composition competition of the Madrid Youth Orchestra. 1st Prize.
         .- Special mention for the essay "Partiels de G. Grisey". Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid.
         .- Caja Madrid Foundation (Spain). Postgraduate Scholarship.

2008.- 29th Frederic Mompou Composition competition. Barcelona. Special mention.

2007.- "Beca Excelencia"-Scholarship. Madrid.
Publications, sheet music, CD-recordings, interviews
  • TEXTS:
    • 2020: "Ausdruck als Kommunikationsmittel. Funktionen wortsprachlicher Ausdrucksbezeichnungen in Partituren", in Peter W. Schatt (ed.): Musik – Raum – Sozialität (Studien zur Musikkultur 1). Münster/New York: Waxmann. Link (DE)
    • 2018: "Neue Gestaltungsspielräume. Einige Gedanke zur Verwandlung der zeitgenössischen Interpretationspraxis", in: positionen. Texte zur aktuellen Musik No. 117. Link (DE)
    • 2016–2020: Pedagogical comments on selected ensemble works for the "Datenbank Neue Musik". Netzwerk Neue Musik Baden Württenberg/Bundesakademie für Musikalische Jugendbildung Trossingen. URL: www.datenbankneuemusik.de/ (DE)
    • ​2015: "RUANG SUARA – Zeitgenössische Musik in Indonesien. Ein Arbeitsbericht", in: Ensemble Modern Magazin Nr. 42, 2015/2. Link (DE)
    • 2012: Partiels, de G. Grisey.Percepción y estructura en la música espectral. Tratamiento específico de la escritura para cuerda, in: Espacio Sonoro Nr. 27, 2012. Link  (ES)
  • CDs:
    • ​​Sonorous - for two horns. Arrangements of music by J. S. Bach, H. I. F. von Biber, T. A. Vitali, G. Ph. Telemann und H. Vieuxtemps. Gebr. Alexander. Link
    • Campanella für Akkordeon und Gitarre. CD "...und sie dreht sich doch!" (Duo Steimel Mücksch): Thorofon. Link
  • SHEET MUSIC:
    • Sonorous - for two horns. Edition DIEWA. Link
    • Campanella für Akkordeon und Gitarre. Bella Musica Edition (in preparation)
  • ​INTERVIEWS, REVIEWS:
    • 12.2018.- Sonorous - Magazine Review (Das Orchester). Link (DE)
    • 05.2018.- Sonorous - Radio review (Hessischer Rundfunk). Link (DE)
    • 01.2017.- Radio Interview in Musica Viva (Radio Nacional de España): Link (ES)
    • 12.2016.- Interview in El Compositor Habla. Link (ES)