SCHEMBRI, Caterina

Caterina Schembri (b.1993) is an Italian-Colombian composer and producer based in Dublin. Through her work, she likes to traverse harmonic explorations, literary motifs, multidisciplinary intersections, symbolic meaning, and different orchestration possibilities within acoustic and hybrid ensembles. Connections with visual imagery and written word are recurrent in her music, often working with original text written by her. Schembri’s debut album Sea Salt & Turpentine, with performances by Ficino Ensemble and Michelle O’Rourke, released in November 2024 under the Ergodos label with a launch concert in the National Concert Hall of Ireland. The album was described as “every bit as rich as its title, its sound world always reaching towards something you might touch or smell.” (Luke Clancy - RTÉ Culture File) and an album with “a real sense of through-line, even of narrative..” (Brendan Finan - Journal of Music). In recent years, she has composed pieces for a wide range of musicians including Ficino Ensemble, Tonnta, Chamber Choir Ireland, Lumiere Quartet, ConTempo Quartet, Spilliaert Trio, the Dublin Viols, members of the UCDSO, the BNR Orchestra, percussion ensemble Tridio, vocalist Michelle O’Rourke, violist Nathan Sherman, pianist Máire Carroll, and cellist Kate Ellis.