Renate Stivrina

Renāte Stivriņa was born in Daugavpils (Latvia)

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Education

2011 - ­ Present – Academy of Music in Cracow­ PhD studies (Composition) ­ class of prof. Jozef Rychlik and BA (organ) ­ class of prof. Mirosława Semeniuk – Podraza

2009 -­ 2011 – National Film School in Lodz  – Post ­ degree studies  (Film music, music for Theatre and Audio­visual arts)

2009 - 2011 – Academy of Music in Cracow –  MA (Composition) ­ class of prof. Jozef Rychlik, electronic music  ­ prof. Krzysztof Knittel, dr hab. Mateusz Bien, dr hab. Magdalena Dlugosz

2005 - ­ 2009 – J. Vitols Academy of Music (Riga) BA (Composition) in the class od prof. Arturs Maskats,  Piano ­  prof. Rafi Haradzanjan, Organ – prof. Larisa Bulava

    

Participation in master classes presented by Philippe Glass, Peter Ablinger, Carola Bauckholt, Petr Kotik, Bernhard Lang, Charlemange Palestine, Christian Wolf, Marek Choloniewski, Krzysztof Knittel, Dana Paul Perna, Dietrich Mack, Alla Zagaykevych, Yannis Kyriakides, Johannes Maria Staud, Krzysztof Zanussi, Cezary Duchnowski, Michael Patterson, Paweł Mykietyn, Imants Ramins, Peteris Vasks, Krzesimir Debski.

Organ master classes by Ton Koopman, Ludger Lohman, Martin Schmeding, Pieter van Dijk, Jozef Serafin,  Julian Gebalski, Gerhard Gnann, Heribert Metzger, Andrew Henderson.

 

She has received awards in many compositional competitions (Latvia) and 3 organ competitions (Italy, Poland).

 

As of 2009, she is member of the Latvian Composers’ Union.

 

Scholarships

2005–2009  ­ Vilis and Marta Vītols scholarship (Riga)

2009 – 2014  Scholarship of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Kraków)

 

Important experience 

2005 - ­ 2008 had been singing in youth choir „Kamēr...” (Riga).

She has collaborated with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, the Wroclaw chamber orchestra Leopoldinum, many Latvian choirs and the vocal ensemble Anima Solla. Her music has been performed at the Krakow composers’ festival (2009, 2010, 2012), as well as concerts and festivals in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Austria, Slovakia, Poland, Spain,  Australia, Belgia and Uruguay.

 

Music for short movies and animations showen:

­Traces 2010­ Kultursalon Hörbiger, Wien, Austria 2010

­OFAFA Film Festiwal, Kraków, Poland   2011

­ AniFest Film Festiwal, Tirana, Albania 2011

­ New Horizonts, Wroclaw, Poland 2011

­ Koszalin Film Festiwal, Poland 2011

­ Animest Bukareszt, Hungary 2011

­Begining Students Film Festiwal, Saint­ Petersburg, Russia 2011

­Polish Festival for Arthouse Movies and Animations OFAFA, Kraków, Poland 2011

­International Film Festiwal for short movies żubrOFFka, Białystok, Poland 2011

­International Animated Films Festival KROK, Saint­ Petersburg -  ­ Moscou, Russia 2012

­Klik! Amsterdam Animation Festival, Holland 2012

­International Animated Films Festival Tindirindis, Wilnius, Lithuania 2012

­European Animated Film Festival Balkanima, Serbia 2012

­International Animated Films Festival Banjaluka, Bośnia and Hercegowina 2012

­International  Film Festival T­mobile Nowe Horyzonty, Wrocław, Poland 2012

­Polish Festival Autorskich Filmów Animowanych OFAFA, Kraków, Poland 2012

­Festiwal Filmów Animowanych, Bydgoszcz, Poland 2012

­Festiwal Kina Amatorskiego i Niezależnego KAN, Wrocław, Poland 2012

­Łodzią po Wiśle, Warszawa, Poland 2012

­Ogólnopolski Konkurs Filmów Niezależnych OKFA, Konin, Poland 2012

­Festiwal Filmu i Sztuki Dwa Brzegi, Kazimierz Dolny – Janowiec n/Wisłą, Poland 2012

­IV Solanin Film Festiwal, Nowa Sól, Poland 2012

­Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Studenckich Węgiel Film Festiwal, Katowice, Poland 2012

­Hiroshima IAF, International Market, Hiroshima 2012

­41. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy Lubuskie Lato Filmowe, Łagów, Poland 2012

­XIII Letnia Akademia Filmowa, Zwierzyniec, Poland 2012

­'Wkręć się!', Kino 'Charlie', Łódź,Poland 2012

­Kino 'Kinematograf', Łódź,Poland 2012

­Warsztaty 'Film Spring Open', Przegorzały, Kraków,Poland 2012

­Przegląd Scenografii Cyfrowej i Efektów Specjalnych, Olsztyn,Poland 2012

­Ogólnopolski Festiwal Autorskich Filmów Animowanych OFAFA, Kraków, Poland 2013