Elizabeth Anderson: biography
Elizabeth Anderson (Orange, New Jersey, USA, 1960)
• residence: Brussels, Belgium
• composer
Elizabeth Anderson received a Master of Music in composition from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1987. She was the first person to complete the final diploma in electronic music composition at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in 1993 under the supervision of Joris de Laet . In 1994 she earned the first prize and in 1998 the superior diploma in electroacoustic music composition at the Royal Conservatory of Mons with Annette Vande Gorne. She is the recipient of an ‘Overseas Research Scholarship’, as well as subsidies from the ‘Fondation SPES’ and the ‘British Federation of Women Graduates Charitable Foundation’ which allow her to pursue doctoral studies in electroacoustic music composition with Denis Smalley at City University in London.
The works of Elizabeth Anderson are frequently performed in international festivals. Her music has been honored in the competitions: ASCAP / SEAMUS in 2001, Bourges 1994, I.CIMESP (Sao Paulo, Brazil) in 1995, 1997 and 2001, Noroit (Arras, France) in 1997/1998 and in Stockholm in 1994. She has received commissions from ‘Musiques & Recherches’ and ‘La Chambre de l’Écoute’ in Belgium. Her works can be found on the compact discs: "I.CIMESP 1995", "Prix International Noroit 1998", and "Musiques Acousmatiques Belges - Génération 2000".
She is currently the professor of electroacoustic music at the Academy of Music in Soignies, Belgium.
Elizabeth Anderson
