Patricia Elizabeth Martínez was born in Argentina

Argentina

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. She is a composer

Composer

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, improviser, pianist

Pianist

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, performer of electronics and experimental inter-disciplinary artist. She is working specially with video art and poetry

Poetry

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. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Music Composition and teaching at Stanford University

Stanford University

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 with Brian Ferneyhough

Brian Ferneyhough

Brian John Peter Ferneyhough is an English composer. His music is characterized by the extensive use of complex rhythmic tuplet notation which features in all his works...

 as her advisor.

Martinez was director and/or performer of different ensembles in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, Paris

Paris

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, Amherst and Stanford, such as: Zhéffiro, La Nada, ThrYzaS, Experimenta, Arsis, Stanford New Ensemble. Since 2001, she is member and organizer of FASE, an organization for contemporary music and politics. She was part of the organization of the International Festival Experimenta (1997–2000) and others different series of artistic events. She studied at the University of Quilmes, Municipal Conservatory of Music (Arg.) and at the annual course at The IRCAM

IRCAM

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 with Tristan Murail

Tristan Murail

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 (France, 1996/97).

Her works received awards as: 1st prize at "The International Young Composers' Meeting" (Holland); 2nd prize at "Diffusion" (Ireland

Ireland

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); residence at the "International Competition of Electroacoustic Music" (France

France

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); mention at "Pierre Schaeffer International Competition of Computer Music"; 5º prize at "The 60 seconds Piano Composition Competition" Paris New Music Review (USA); selected at "The International Competition of Composers and interpreters Deutsche Gesellschaft Flute" (Germany

Germany

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); 1st prize at the "National Composition Competition J.C.Paz"; the "Toda La Data Competition"; TRIME-TRINAC; SonoImagenes. In 1999, she was awarded with the life-First Music Price of the Buenos Aires City Government.

She received fellowships from: IRCAM, VCCA/UNESCO

UNESCO

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-Aschberg; Yvar Mikhashoff Trust For New Music Foundation; Beheer Groep; National Fund of the Arts, University of Quilmes; Luigi Russolo Competition (Italy

Italy

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) and commissions from Antorchas Foundation, Theater Municipal General San Martin, De Ereprijs, GMEB, FNA, Culture Fund BA, ProDanza, ProTheater, and Experimenta Ensemble. She participated at events like: Festival Synthese (France); Yjsebreker (Holland); Symposium of Computer Music (Brazil

Brazil

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); Days of electroacoustic music (Uruguay

Uruguay

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); Florida Festival of Electroacoustic Music (U.S.); The ISCM World Music Days (U.K.); Diffusion (Ireland); Thom Theater (South Africa

South Africa

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); Experimenta (Arg-Chile

Chile

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); Contemporary Music Festival, among others. Her works has been recorded at Wergo Label and 80 Mundos Label.