Cristina Spinei has been
called “one of the most talented young composers in
America” by Grammy award winning composer/conductor
Jose Serebrier. At 24, Ms. Spinei is in demand from
choreographers, film directors, and musicians. Her
compositions have been commissioned by Pacific Northwest
Ballet, the New York Choreographic Institute, Mary
Seidman and Keystone Dancers, the Metropolis Ensemble,
the ETA3 Trio, the Ebony Strings Quartet, St. John’s
Church, Treetops Chamber Music Society, London Central
School, and by Jazz at Lincoln Center saxophonist Victor
Goines.
Ms. Spinei is composer-in-residence of The Metropolis
Ensemble. She is the recipient of the Composition Award
from the Arts Recognition and Talent Search, the Pia
Gilbert Scholarship, and the Marvin Hamlisch Scholarship
in Composition. Spinei has been a finalist for the
Sackler Composition Prize and the Sundance Composers Lab.
Ms. Spinei received her BM and MM in composition from the
Juilliard School.
Looking ahead, Ms. Spinei’s music will be performed
at the Pacific Northwest Ballet in November. Her piece,
MPulse, is being choreographed by PNB
dancer/choreographer Kiyon Gaines. Spinei’s
full-length ballet, MAMA, will be premiered at LaMama
Theater with Mary Seidman and Keystone Dancers in
December 2008. |
