Photo Isabelle Meister © Archipel, 2012
Isabel Mundry was born in Schlüchtern (Germany) in 1963 and studied composition at the Hochschule der Künste and electronic music, musicology and history at the Berlin Technische Universität. From 1991 to 1994 she taught at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin and furthered her studies in Frankfurt with Hans Zender and later researched at the IRCAM in Paris. In addition to her teaching activities in Berlin, she held teaching appointments in Zürich and at the Frankfurt University of Music and
Performing Arts. [1] Isabel Mundry was the first resident composer of the Staatskapelle in Dresden. She previously held a similar position at the Tong Yong Festival, the Lucerne Festival and the Mannheim National Theater. [2] Mundry's compositions are characterized by a highly individualized musical language, full of variants and nuances: «She hardly ever repeats herself; each time, sounds and sequences of sounds are articulated differently.» [3] Isabel Mundry's work is currently published by Breitkopf & Härtel. [4]
