Clara Maïda
Clara Maïda is a French composer
(contemporary/experimental musical creation, instrumental and electronic music).
She lives both in Paris and Berlin.
She studied music composition, classical piano and psychology.
She was selected by the BERLINER KÜNSTLERPROGRAMM of the DAAD in 2007 for a one-year stay in Berlin in 2007-08. Her project Shel(l)ter was premiered during ULTRASCHALL festival (CLARA MAÏDA - PORTRAIT-CONCERT of the DAAD) in 2010 in Berlin (DE).
Laureate of several international awards and grants, she has been keeping up with her transversal research at the intersection of composition, psychoanalysis, Deleuze and Guattari's philosophy, and nanosciences.
She names her music a "nanomusic".
Her RESEARCH INTERESTS are:
Music/Psychic Unconscious. Musical Structure/Neuronal Network. Sound Rhizomes. Elastic and Metamorphic Space/Time. Sound Body/Imaginary Body. Music/Architecture. Suburban Spaces. Sound and Noise. Urban and Machinic Sounds. Sound Hybridization/Electronics. Music/Nanophononics.
You can know more about CLARA MAÏDA and her RESEARCH LINES, listen to her MUSICAL WORKS, read her ARTICLES and the PRESS REVIEWS about her music, discover her VISUAL REALIZATIONS, CONTACT her and follow her on SOUNDCLOUD and INSTAGRAM.
You can order her CD's on the page DISCOGRAPHY.
Le Portrait Contemporain
Clara Maïda's Portrait 2018
Alla breve
Clara Maïda's Portrait 2016
Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venedig
Artist Talk Clara Maïda 2023
BabelScores
Interview Clara Maïda 2018
Art Zoyd
Interview Clara Maïda 2014
CURRENTLY
COLLABORATION WITH
Matthias KUBISCH
(Jetpack Cognition and
HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITÄT)
From SEPTEMBER 8 to 12, 2025
(Berlin, DE)
Work session on the completion
of the programming
and the 3D printing of
6 Ton-Pendel(a)utom@t
of the installation Pendel(a)utom@t,
6 mobile and sonic pendular objects
(series (a)utom@ton)
COLLABORATION WITH
Matthias KUBISCH
(Jetpack Cognition and
HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITÄT)
From JUNE 16 to 20, 2025
(Berlin, DE)
Work session on the programming
of the interactive movements of the
6 Ton-Pendel(a)utom@t
of the installation Pendel(a)utom@t
(series (a)utom@ton)
COLLABORATION WITH
Matthias KUBISCH
(Jetpack Cognition and
HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITÄT)
From MARCH 21 to 31, 2025
(Berlin, DE)
2nd work session
on the robotic part of
the audiovisual and robotic installation
Pendel(a)utom@t
(series (a)utom@ton)
THE WHOLE VIDEO ONLINE: (a)utom@ton
(a work for 4-channel electroacoustic music
and abstract animated video premiered in 2024)
(a)utom@ton - Screenshot
© Clara MAÏDA (2024)
AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE
STUDIO FÜR ELEKTROAKUSTISCHE MUSIK
COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE
From FEBRUARY 3 to 7, 2025
(Berlin, DE)
Composition of Pendel(a)utom@t,
the sound surround of the installation
included in the project (a)utom@ton
An audiovisual installation for
4-channel electroacoustic music,
abstract animated video and
a pendular robotic and interactive device
Commission: FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE / SCRIME-Bordeaux University,
ART ZOYD STUDIOS
COLLABORATION WITH
Matthias KUBISCH
(Jetpack Cognition and
HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITÄT)
From JANUARY 22 to 30, 2025
(Berlin, DE)
1st work session
on the robotic part of
the audiovisual and robotic installation
Pendel(a)utom@t
(series (a)utom@ton)
SOON
DOCK 11 BERLIN
ENSEMBLE ZAFRAAN
CONCERT
OCTOBER 5, 2025
(Berlin, DE)
New German performance of
Holes and bones
(a work for 4 instruments)
Commission: FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE /
ACCROCHE NOTE ensemble
AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE
HANSEATENWEG
WORLD PREMIERE OF
(a)utom@ton
NOVEMBER 5, 2025
A series in 3 parts for 4-channel electroacoustic music, abstract animated video and
a pendular robotic and interactive device
1/ Pendel(a)utom@t, 2/ (a)utom@ton,
3/ Ton-Pendel(a)utom@t
CLARA MAÏDA / MATTHIAS KUBISCH
IN CONVERSATION
WITH THE AUDIENCE
RECENTLY
LE GÉNIE DE LA BASTILLE
LES NOUVEAUX DU GÉNIE 2024
From JANUARY 7 to 12, 2025
(Paris, FR)
EXHIBITION OF
Rorsch'Art, Lostery 3 and Opus musaicum
© Clara MAÏDA (2022-23)
(inks on paper, paintings on canvas
and painted objects, Plexiglass prints)
LE GÉNIE DE LA BASTILLE
LE GÉNIE DES MINIS
From DECEMBER 10 to 22, 2024
(Paris, FR)
EXHIBIITION OF
Opus musaicum © Clara MAÏDA (2024)
2 Plexiglass prints
RESIDENCY
From DECEMBER 2 to 6, 2024
(Valenciennes, FR)
Composer-in-residence
for the project
(a)utom@ton
AKADEMIE FÜR TONKUNST
BROKEN FRAMES SYNDICATE
CONCERT
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
(Darmstadt, DE)
New German performance of
Holes and bones
for 4 instruments
Commission: FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE / ACCROCHE NOTE ensemble
CONCERT
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
(Bordeaux, FR)
World premiere of (a)utom@ton
A work for 4-channel electroacoustic music
and abstract animated video
Commission: FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE / SCRIME (UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX)
and ART ZOYD STUDIOS
RESIDENCY
NOVEMBER 2024
(Bordeaux, FR)
Composer-in-residence for the project (a)utom@ton (a sound and visual installation for 4-channel electroacoustic music, abstract animated video and a pendular robotic and interactive device).
Animated Video - Screenshot
© Clara MAÏDA (2024)
See a sample of the video on YouTube
RESIDENCY
From SEPTEMBER 30
to OCTOBER 4, 2024
(Lyon, FR)
Composer-in-residence
for the project
(a)utom@ton
NETZWERK SEILEREI
BROKEN FRAMES SYNDICATE
CONCERT
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
(Frankfurt a.M., DE)
New German performance of
Holes and bones
for 4 instruments
Commission: FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE / ACCROCHE NOTE ensemble
RESIDENCY
From SEPTEMBER 16 to 20, 2024
(Valenciennes, FR)
Composer-in-residence for the project (a)utom@ton (a sound and visual installation for 4-channel electroacoustic music, abstract animated video and a pendular robotic and interactive device).
GALLERYONE 962
ROOM B
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
From SEPTEMBER 10 to
OCTOBER 10, 2024
3 short abstract animated videos,
samples of the project
(a)utom@ton
The 3 videos can also be viewed on KUNSTMATRIX
IMPULS NEUE MUSIK
FRENCH-GERMAN-SWISS-LUXEMBOURG FUND FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Animated Video - Screenshot
© Clara MAÏDA (2024)
See a sample of the video on YouTube
JULY 2024
Berlin (DE)
LAUREATE OF
IMPULS NEUE MUSIK
for the project (a)utom@ton
A sound and visual installation
for 4-channel electroacoustic music,
abstract animated video and
a pendular robotic and interactive device
LUCERNE FESTIVAL
FORWARD FESTIVAL
CONCERT
NOVEMBER 17, 2023 (CH)
ENSEMBLE OF THE LUCERNE FESTIVAL CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRA
Swiss premiere of Web studies
(1/ Web-wake, 2/Web-wave,
3/ Web-wane)
for 4 instruments, live electronics
and interactive video
Video: Jenny E. SABIN
Live electronics: Carl FAIA
(ART ZOYD STUDIOS)
Commission: FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE / 2E2M ENSEMBLE, RADIO FRANCE and
ART ZOYD STUDIOS 2016
Laureate of the
HORS LES MURS PROGRAMME
of the Paris FRENCH INSTITUTE 2012
BERLINER KÜNSTLERPROGRAMM
OF THE DAAD
AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE
If The Berlin Wind Blows My Flag
DAAD's 60th ANNIVERSARY
OCTOBER 26, 2023
(Berlin, DE)
New German performance of
Ipso facto
Commission: TU Berlin 2007
ENSEMBLE CONTEMPORARY INSIGHTS
NEUE SÄCHSISCHE GALERIE
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
(Chemnitz, DE)
Conductor: Zach SEELY
CLARA MAÏDA: PORTRAIT-CONCERT
MUSIK UND BEWEGUNG
New German performance of the series Kinêm(a) (Kinêm(a)bstract for 4 amplified instruments, and Kinê-Diffr(a)ct for 7 amplified instruments), Doppelklänger (for solo prepared and amplified piano) and
Gitter für Gitarre
(solo amplified guitar)
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
(London, UK)
WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING OF
Rehab from Rehab
A movie by
ILA BÊKA & LOUISE LEMOÎNE
The work Via rupta is included in the soundtrack of the movie
eMe
Música Electroacústica
europea reciente
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
(Montevideo, UY)
Uruguayan premiere of Ipso Lotto
(a 6-channel electroacoustic work)
BERLIN SENAT GRANT 2015
Commission: ECLAT Festival 2017
DEUTSCHES STUDIENZENTRUM
IN VENEDIG
FROM SEPTEMBER 1 to 6, 2023
(Venice, IT)
EXHIBITION
Widerspiegelungen / Rispecchiamenti
Conception: Richard ERKENS
Director of the
DEUTSCHES STUDIENZENTRUM IN VENEDIG
Exhibition of 2 photographs
by Clara MAÏDA related to
the project Opus musaicum
and on the topic
REFLECTION, ABSTRACTION, DIFFRACTION
Photograph: © Clara MAÏDA (2023)
DEUTSCHES STUDIENZENTRUM
IN VENEDIG
JULY-SEPTEMBER 2023
(Venice, IT)
A 3-month stay at the
DEUTSCHES STUDIENZENTRUM
IN VENEDIG
(LAUREATE of the COMPOSITION GRANT
of the BUNDESREGIERUNG FÜR KULTUR
UND MEDIEN, DE)
