Announcing the 2025 Cortona Prize Winner: CORIE ROSE SOUMAH

Corie Rose Soumah is a Canadian composer (QC) currently based in New York. She is interested in shaping fractured and reconstructed sound components through hyper-collages and visceral physical gestures. Her approach is characterized by a keen interest in the interweaving of multiple aesthetic and sonic elements from the perspective of Afro-diasporic geologies. She explores these textures through the overlay of different acoustic mediums as well as electronic and analog technologies. Recent and upcoming collaborations include ensembles such as the International Contemporary Ensemble, Longleash, Quasar, Hypercube, Ekmeles, Paramirabo, pinknoise, Sixtrum, Contemporary Insight, New Music Concerts, Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM) and Wet Ink. She is currently pursuing a Doctoral degree in composition at Columbia University (US). She completed a BMus degree in composition from the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal (CAD). Her mentors include Zosha Di Castri, George Lewis, Marcos Balter, Georg Frederich Haas, Annie Gosfield, Michel Tétreault, Nicolas Gilbert and Jimmie Leblanc.

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