CARDENAS, Monica

Mónica Cárdenas Ormeño is a Peruvian-Spanish composer and pianist based in Germany. She began her musical education at the National Conservatory of Music in Lima and continued her piano studies at the Tchaikovsky conservatories in Kyiv and Moscow. In 2019, she obtained a Fellowship Diploma in composition from the University of West London.
Cárdenas writes contemporary classical music for solo piano, chamber ensembles, choir and orchestra. Her compositional language frequently combines classical forms with rhythms and musical traditions from Peru and other parts of Latin America, including the festejo, marinera, tondero, joropo, bossa nova and Latin jazz. She also performs her own piano and chamber compositions.
Her works include the piano cycle 10 Preludes and Fugues of Latin America, the flute sonata Festejo en sueños, the string quartet My Roots, the orchestral work Influence, the cello-and-piano composition Chaos, and numerous works for clarinet and bass clarinet. Her recording of 10 Preludes and Fugues of Latin America received a Gold Medal at the 2021 Global Music Awards.