Isabel Mundry
Born in Hesse in 1963 and raised in Berlin, Isabel Mundry honed her composition skills under Frank Michael Beyer, Gösta Neuwirth and Hans Zender, among others. This training was complemented by studies in musicology, art history and philosophy, as well as a course in computer science and composition at the Paris IRCAM. After gaining attention in the1990s for her chamber music compositions, and ensemble and orchestral works, her first music theater work was a resounding success. Among the world premieres of recent years are works of various genres with diverse sources of inspiration, e.g.: In Sounds, Archeologies (2018) for basset horn, violoncello and piano, she questions the proximity and distance of historical objects and cultural identities. In the a cappella choral piece Mouhanad, based on an interview with a Syrian refugee, cultural resonances and new acoustic neighborhoods are examined. Mundry is a member of the Academy of the Arts in Berlin and Munich as well as the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz. Since 1998 she has often been a lecturer at the Darmstadt Summer Courses. After holding a professorship at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts from 1996, she has been a professor of composition at the Zurich University of the Arts since 2004 and. As of 2011, she is a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.
