Diana Salazar

Diana Salazar

Diana Salazar is a Scottish born and London-based composer and sound artist. Her acousmatic compositions explore cinematic sound spaces using layered sonic gestures, textures, and motion. She also creates work for instruments and electronics, music and interactive dance, and laptop improvisation. Her compositions have been performed nationally and internationally, with many recognised in international competitions. Her work has been published on the Elektramusic, Studio PANaroma, SCRIME, Discparc, MisoMusic and Drift Station labels. She has been a composer-in-residence at Elektronmusikstudion (EMS), Sweden; the Destellos Institute, Argentina; Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia (CEMI), Texas; and Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida. A passionate music educator, she is Director of Programmes at the Royal College of Music where she leads on learning and teaching strategy, curriculum development, and digital learning. She is co-founder of the Global Conservatoire Consortium and has published in the fields of music technology and technology-enhanced pedagogies in higher music education.

(photo credit: Marco Borrelli)