Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber 

Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber was born in 1973, franco-swiss. First trained as a flutist, Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber has studied composition with Sergio Ortega, Allain Gaussin, Ivan Fedele, Philippe Leroux and Frédéric Durieux. She graduated in composition from the CNSMDP (National Superior Conservatory of Paris) and attended the one year composition and new technology cursus at the IRCAM. Her music is played in France and abroad, by ensembles like Aleph, Accroche Note, Contrechamps, Hic et Nunc, Instant Donné, Multilatérale, Nouvel ensemble Moderne, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony orchestra, Vortex, Court-Circuit, at IRCAM, Musica, Manca, Abbaye de Royaumont, Forum Neues Musiktheater, MaerzMusik, Ars Musica, Why Note, Suntory Summer Festival... She was awarded the Francis and Mica Salabert Prize in 2006, and the Georges Enesco composition Prize from SACEM in 2007. She was composer-in-residence at Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto in 2008, and at present is resident at the Villa Medici in Roma (2010-2011). Her music is edited by Jobert, Paris.