Ana Lara étudie le piano avec Leopoldo González et la voix avec Charles Laila et Rosa Rimoch de 1979 à 1986. Elle étudie la composition au Conservatoire National de Musique de Mexico avec Daniel Catán et Mario Lavista puis avec Wlodzimierz Kotonski et Zbigniew Rudzinski à l'Académie de musique de Varsovie dans le cadre d'une bourse d'étude mexicano-polonaise en 1986 à 1989.
De 2004 à 2004, elle étudie l'ethnologie à l'Université de Maryland où elle obtient son master.

Elle a reçu plusieurs distinctions :  du Mexican Ministry of Culture (Sistema Nacional de Creadores), the USA/Canada/Mexico Creative Artists’ Residency Program Grant (1997), et the Bellagio Artistic Residency (2000).
Elle a suivi une résidence de compositeur au National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico en 1993-94.


En 1998, elle fonde le Festival Internacional Música y Escena qu'elle dirige depuis. Ce festival a obtenu the annual Award of the Mexican Union of Critics of Theater and Music (2001). Ana Lara a produit un programme à University Radio (Radio UNAM) consacrée à la musique contemporaine depuis 1990 (Hacia una nueva música) et entre 2007 et 2009 elle coordonne the Contemporary Music Program au Festival Internacional Cervantino.

En 2016, elle est nommée directrice de l'Institut culturel du Mexique en France

OEUVRES

Orchestre

• 2010 Atanor, for orchestra. Commissioned by the Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera, INBA. First performance: Friday 14^th, and Sunday 16^th, May, 2010. Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional. Ronald Zollman, conductor . Sala Blas Galindo, CNCA (15´)

• 2008-2009 Altre Lontananze, concerto for organ and orchestra. Commissioned by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. First Performance: June 11^th, 2009.  Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa. Gustavo Delgado, organ, Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor. (19´)

• 2007 Cuatro habitantes, for percussion quartet and orchestra. Commissioned by the Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli. First Performance: December 8^th, Sala Ollin Yoliztli and 9^th, 2007 at the museum. Tambuco, Ensamble de Percusiones de México, Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México. Conductor Enrique Barrios (20´)

• 2006 Concerto for bassett horn. Commissioned by UNAM. Tara Bouman, basset horn, OFUNAM, cond. José Luis Castillo. Sala Nezahualcóyotl, February, 2007. (27´)

• 2003-2004 Dos visiones, for orchestra. Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and the Long Beach Orchestra. First Performance: October 1^st and 3dr 2004. National Symphony Orchestra.  Conductor: Enrique Diemecke

• 2003 Valedictus, for tenor, two horns and string orchestra. Commissioned by the Long Beach Orchestra, CA.  First Performance: October 12th, 2003. Enrique Diemecke

• 2000 Canticum Sacrum, for small string orchestra. First performance: Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes. Conductor, Francisco Savín. (8´30)

• 1998 Concerto for recorders, string orchestra, harp and percussions. Commissioned by the            Philharmonic of the University. Mexico. May 13^th and 14^th, 2000. OFUNAM. Cond. Ronald Zollman (16)

• 1993-1994 Angeles de llama y hielo.  Commissioned by the National Symphony  Orchestra, Mexico. September 2^nd, 1994. National Symphony Orchestra. Cond. Enrique Diemecke. (20)

• 1990-1991 Desasosiego,  mezzo/actress and chamber orchestra . Commissioned by FONCA, Mexico. May 19^th, 1995. Xalapa Symphonic Orchestra,.Mezzo: Adriana Díaz de León. Cond. Francisco Savín. (24)

• 1989 La Víspera. December 4^th, 1992. Teatro del Palacio de Bellas Artes. National Symphony Orchestra. Cond. Enrique Diemecke. (12)

Ensemble

• 2011 Malgré la nuit, pour percussions, piano et électronique

• 2010 Solipse, for Cello and electronic. Co-commissioned by Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras (CMMAS) and CUBE. Premiered by Alyson Berger, cello on October 31, 2010 at Fullerton Hall, Art Institute Chicago, USA and by Iracema de Andrade on November 3, 2010 at Visiones Sonoras Festival, Morelia, Mexico.

• 2009 Isocronismos, 2 violas. Premiered by Christoph Desjardins and Omar Hernández-Hidalgo. Festival Internacional Cervantino, October 16^th, 2009. Salón del Consejo Universitario, Guanajuato, México. Commissioned by Omar Hernández-Hidalgo.

• 2008 y los oros la luz, for fl, clt, vn, vc and piano. Premiered by the Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien. April, 25^th, 2009. Schömer-Haus, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria.           

• 2008 Niebla del alba, fllute/alto flute, piano. Premiered by Concorde Ensemble: Madeleine Staunton, flutes, Jane O´Leary, piano. February 15^th, 2009. Irish Museum of Modern Art. Ireland.

• 2007 Dylan y las ballenas, Commissioned by Octeto Ibérico. 8 celli and narrator. Premiered on October 26^th, 2007.Sala Manuel M. Ponce. Octeto Ibérico, María Baranda, narrator, Elías Arizcuren, condctor. (15)

• 2006-2007 Sagitario, Capricornio, Acuario. Commissioned by Saarbrücken Radio and Mike Svoboda. , fl, ob, b clt  +sax (alto and tenor), fgt, tr, trn, perc., vn, vla, vc, cb . May 11^th, 2007, InZeit Ensemble, cond. Mike Svoboda. (7´).

• 2005 Serenata. Commissioned by Instrumenta Oaxaca 2005. For wind quintet and string quintet. Conductor: José Luis Castillo. July 29^th, 2005. (12)

• 2005 Epitafios y otras muertes. For baritone and piano. Commissioned by Ravinia Festival. June 9^th, 2005. Stephen Salters, bariton, Welz Kaufman, piano. (10)

• 2001 Vértigos, trio for  c and alto flutes, clarinet and bass clarinet and piano. Commissioned by Ensamble Tres, Mexico. September 23^rd, 2001. Ensamble Tres. (14) Version for clarinet, bass clarinet and piano (2007)

• 2000 Estudios Rítmicos, for percussion quartet. April 19^th, 2001. Florida International University Percussion Ensemble. Cond. Keith Aleo. (16)

• 2000 Srebro, for flute trio. Commisioned by the Trio d’Argent. France.May 29^th, 2004. Trio D’Argent. (8)

• 2000 Bhairav, cuarteto de cuerdas. Commissioned from the Saarbrücken  Radio, Germany for the Latin American String Quartet September 29^th, 2000. Latin American Sting Quartet. (12´20)

• 1999  Llévame a donde quieras, for mezzo and piano

• 1998-1999 Darkness Visible, flute, clarinet/Bs clarinet, violin, viola, cello, base, piano and percussion. Commissioned by the XV Festival of Mexico City. March th, 1999. Onix Ensamble. Cond. José Areán. (13)

• 1998 Déjame soñar tu sueño, for mezzo and piano. Commissioned by mezzo  Encarnación Vázquez. January 30rd, 1999. Encarnación Vázquez, mezzo, Alberto Cruzprieto, piano.

• 1996 En par de los levantes de la aurora, brass quintet and percussion.   Commissioned by the Festival Subtropics of Miami. May 22^nd, 1997. Meridian Arts Ensamble.

• 1995 Cántaros, clarinet and string quartet. Commission from the Stony Brook Contemporay Chamber  Players, New York, USA. April 30rd, 1996. SB Contemporary Players.

• 1994 Aulós, wind quintet. Commission from the Mexico City Wind Quintet. October 27^th, 1994. Mexico City Wind Quintet.

• 1992 O mar, maré, bateaux, guitar four hands or two guitars. Commissioned by the duo Castañón-Bañuelos. June 13^th, 1992. Macerata, Italia. Dúo Castañón-Bañuelos.

• 1992 Vitrales, viola, cello and doublebass. Commissioned by the Trio Italiano Contemporaneo, Italy. March 8^th, 1992. Fiesole, Italia. Trio Italiano Contemporaneo. (6´38)

• 1988 Entre los rayos del sol, harp and doublebass. May 1988. Warsaw Academy of Music. Andrea Puente, harp and Tadeusz Wielecki, base.

• 1986-1987 Arcos,  string quartet. September 15^th, 1992.North Recital Hall, University of Louisville School of Music,  Cavani String Quartet.

• 1985 In Memoriam, cello and G flute. June 27^th, 1985. Guillermo Portillo, flute, Bozena Slawinska, cello.

Solo

• 2007 Cake walk (Caminata de pastelito). Commissioned by Elena Riu.

• 2006 Recuerdos del poeta, piano. Commissioned by Welz Kaufman, Ravinia Festival. September 2006.

• 1999 8 Haiku, guitar. Commissioned by the  Mavesa  Project, Venezuela and FONCA, Mexico. July 1^st., 2002. Macerata, Italia. Federico Bañuelos, guitar. (14 ca.)

• 1995-1996  Koaiá, cello. Commissioned by Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. May 25^th, 1998. Dorien de León, cello.

• 1992 Pegaso, harpsichord, piano or organ. November 10^th, 1992. México, city.  Lidia Guerberof, clavecín (first version). 1993. México, D.F, . Días Mundiales de la Música. Michael Finnissy, piano (Tras la ventana).

• 1991  Icaro, recorder. November 11^th, 1989. Horacio Franco, recorder.

• 1990 Alusiones, doublebase. May 13^th, 1989. Brzeg, Poland. Tadeusz Wielecki, base.

• 1990 Saga, harp. November 1991. Andrea Puente, harpe

• 1986 Two etudes, piano. August 27^th, 1986. Museo Nacional de Arte. Eduardo Marín, piano

• 1985 Hacia la noche, amplified flute. February 26^th, 1986. Sala Silvestre Revueltas, CNM. Guillermo Portillo, flute.

Choeur

• 1997 Requiem, coro a cappella  Commission by Festival Internacional Cervantino. October 7^th, 1997. Cappella Cervantina. Cond. Horacio Franco.                                

Stage works:

2005 Frida. For chamber orchestra. Commissioned by the Chicago Humanities Festival. November 3^rd, 2005. Conductor: Stephen Burns.

2002-2003 La Náufraga, performance concieved and created by Ana Lara and Lorena Glinz. January 26^th, 2003

2002  Elles. Choreography by Luoise Bédard. November, 2002. Montreal, Canada.

2001-2002 El Destierro. Juan Tovar. Dir. José Caballero. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. CCU. March 24^th, 2002.

2000 Celebraciones. Choreography by Rossana Filomarino.  March 3^rd, 2000.

1999 Viejas Historias. Coreography by Rossana Filomarino October 23^rd, 1998.

1998 Más allá. Homenaje Escénico a Mathías Goeritz. Dir. Natalia Carriazo, Mayo 1998.

1996 Y la marcha de la humanidad? Homenaje a Siqueiros. Coreography by  Alicia Sánchez          

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