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Rudi, Donika (b. June 7, 1982, Prishtina). Kosovar composer of mostly chamber and electroacoustic works that have been performed in Europe.
Ms. Rudi studied composition with Mendi Mengjiqi at the University of Prishtina from 2000–02. She then studied composition with Nicolas Bolens, Éric Gaudibert and Michael Jarrell and electroacoustic music with Rainer Boesch, Émile Ellberger and Luis Naón at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève from 2002–06. She has studied acousmatic music and composition with Annette Vande Gorne at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Mons since 2009, where she is working on her master's degree.
Her music has been performed in Albania, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Kosovo, and Switzerland.
Ms. Rudi is also active in other positions. She has served as director of the Electronic Music Center – Noise in Prishtina since 2008 and as artistic director of the contemporary-music festival ReMusica in Prishtina since 2010.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: donikarudi@gmail.com
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Sytë e gjyshes – Grandmother's eyes (incidental music, play by Arif Demolli), youth actors, child actors, puppets, 2000; Life in Slow Motion (ballet in 7 scenes, choreography by Filibertt Tologo, scenario by Doruntina Basha), 2-track tape, 2007
ORCHESTRAL: Aura II (text by Robert Lax), mixed chorus, violin, small orchestra (piano, percussion, strings), 2-track tape, 2010
CHAMBER MUSIC: String Quartet, 'Sauts', 2002; B (theatrical word game, text from the letter "B"), soprano, double bass, piano, accordion, 2003; Move (theatrical word game, vocalise), mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, piano, 2006; Le rire perdu, 3 clarinets, 2007; First Step, 4 percussion, 2008; 9, trombone, 2-track tape, 2010
CHORAL: Epitaf (text by Eqrem Basha), mixed chorus, 2003; Why? (vocalise), 12 sopranos, 12 altos, 2006
PIANO: In the rain..., 2010
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Colors (after Joan Miró), cello, 2-track tape, 2004; Image (text by Eqrem Basha), flute, 2-track tape, 2005; Naissance, 2-/8-track tape, 2006; Kabatronic, viola, 2-track tape, 2007; Au-delà du rêve, 8 mixed voices, soprano ocarina, 2-track tape, 2008; Aura I (vocalise), soprano, mezzo-soprano, clarinet, 2 violins, 2 violas, 3 percussion, 2-track tape, 2009; Defiance, 2-track tape, 2009; Grumble, 2-track tape, 2009; Disturbia, 2-track tape, 2009; Autumn, viola, 2-track tape, 2009; Sophie's world, 2-track tape, 2010; Nuit Bleue (after Frédéric Chopin), 2-track tape, 2010
MULTIMEDIA: The Red Room, 2-/8-track tape, animation (video projection by Shpend Gashi), 2006
(Last updated on June 19, 2010)
