VIDAL, Carme Fernandez

Carme Fernández Vidal (Palma de Mallorca, 1970). Composer. PhD from the University of the Balearic Islands. Extraordinary Doctorate Award for the thesis: Comparative study of three didactic proposals of non-tonal counterpoint in the twentieth century: Julien Falk's Atonal Technique, Charles Seeger's Dissonant Counterpoint and Ernst Krenek's Dodecaphonic Counterpoint. Higher Degrees: Composition, Piano, Music Theory and Pedagogy.

As a composer she has received commissions from institutions such as the SGAE Foundation and the Spanish Association of Symphony Orchestras (AEOS), the National Orchestra and Choir of Spain (OCNE), the National Centre for Musical Diffusion (CNDM), the International Foundation for the Dissemination of Arts and Humanities (FIDAH), the "Orquestra Simfònica de les Balears" Foundation, the Baluarte-Symphony Orchestra of Navarra Foundation, the Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife (Granada). the ACA Foundation, Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao), Andalusian Musical Documentation Centre, Cervantes Institute in Paris, University of Florida (College of Fine Arts), Fundació Música Contemporània (Barcelona), Gaudí 3rd World Congress (Astorga), March Madrid Foundation, Assoziazione Culturale Nuova Musica di Alguero (Italy), as well as numerous prestigious ensembles and soloists. His works are programmed in National and International Festivals recognized worldwide and have been included in various CDs recorded in Spain and the United States. The scores can be found in Spanish and German publishers. Radio Nacional (RNE2) has dedicated an entire program to his music ("Inventory of inventors"), which has also been broadcast and recorded by various European and North American radio stations.

She is the author of several books on musical technique: "Antitonal Compositional Techniques. Study of three counterpoint treatises", "Charles Seeger: Tradition and Experimentation in New Music" and co-authored with Teresa Catalán "Non-Tonal Music: the proposals of J. Falk and E. Krenek". His research work has also been reflected in articles in specialized journals, lectures and publications linked to entities such as the Fernando el Católico Institution, the University of Valencia and the Autonomous University of Madrid, among others.

He regularly gives courses and lectures at festivals and educational institutions. By competitive examination, she is a full professor at the Conservatori Superior de les Illes Balears and head of its Composition department since the 2006-07 academic year.