“This music wraps itself around us… until, eyes closed, we find another way to levitate. Incredible.”
— Brad Rose, Foxy Digitalis
ABOUT
ÁNGELES ROJAS (b. 1988) is a composer and performer whose work centers on the listening experience as a sensitive means of inhabiting other perceptions of time and space. She explores resonance, vibration, intonation, and acoustic phenomena such as harmonic overtones, microtonal beating, and subtle fluctuations of sound that arise through sustained tones and durational forms. Her music often unfolds slowly and organically, allowing the immanent structure of sound to become perceptible over time.
Working with instruments such as shruti box, tambura, organ, and ensembles, she develops pieces that investigate unity as a resonant field where differences blur and converge. Through sustained tones and interwoven spectra, timbres dissolve into zones of indistinction, where stillness and movement unfold as parts of a dynamic whole. Her practice spans composition, performance, and installation, often realized in collaborative or site-sensitive settings.
She has participated in festivals including RUIDO (Argentina), Tsonami (Chile), Ding-Dong (Norway), 48 Stunden Neukölln (Germany), Darmstadt (Germany), Klangraum (Germany), Fiestohr (Switzerland), Composers meet Composers (Germany), Ciclo Resonar (Argentina), Festival for Patagonia (Poland), Festival en tiempo real (Colombia), Atemporánea (Argentina), Ciclo de Música Contemporánea del Teatro San Martín (Argentina), FIBA (Argentina), Mixtur (Spain), Co-Incidence Festival (US), and Woodstockhausen (Canada).
Her work has been presented in venues such as National Auditorium of the Centro Cultural Kirchner (CCK), CheLA, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Teatro San Martín, Centro Cultural San Martín, Centro Cultural Paco Urondo, Parque Cultural de Valparaíso, Museo Santa Felicitas, KM28, Sowieso, Flutgraben, Tor 40, Berlin School of Music, Vorfluter and Alte Feuerwache, among others.
Her discography includes releases on Sawyer Editions (US), Sello Postal (Argentina), and Rumiarec (Argentina), with works for shruti box, guitar quartet, and archlute. Her pieces have been performed by ensembles such as Pulse String Quartet (Germany), Kommas Ensemble (Germany), Hapax Kollektiv (Germany), Å Ensemble (Norway), Hemiptera (Portugal), Mei Flutes (Argentina), Nuntempe Ensamble (Argentina), Compañía Oblicua (Argentina), Camara XXI (Argentina) and Ensamble Vocal de la UNTREF (Argentina). She is also a member of the Isub Meta Orchestra (Switzerland), where she performs on shruti box, and in 2025 was awarded the Special Prize for Music at the Swiss Music Prizes. Originally from Argentina, she studied composition at the Universidad Nacional del Arte in Buenos Aires and is currently based in Berlin.
LIST OF WORKS
CHAMBER & LARGE ENSEMBLE
THROUGH COMPANIONSHIP A SOUND OPENS INTO THE EARTH’S DARKNESS AND FLIES (2024)
finger cymbals ~20’
commissioned by Madalena Ratto
SOMETIMES I DREAM OF A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN WHISPER WITH THE WIND (2024)
guitar quartet ~45’
AS IF THE EYE BECOMES AN EAR WHEN TURNED INWARDS (2024)
string quartet and tampura ~30’
commissioned by Pulse String Quartet
OPEN THE WINDOWS AND LET THE SPIRITS IN AND OUT (2023)
organ and ensemble ~30’
commissioned by RUIDO Festival
THE WAY OF THE WOOD (2022)
electric guitar quartet ~15’
commisioned by Nuntempe Ensemble
BREATHE INTO THE FOREST, INTO THE BIRD, INTO THE SONG (2022)
alto sax, baritone sax, cello, electric guitar, tuning forks, shruti box ~43’
commissioned by Festival for Patagonia
LA FLOR RENUNCIA A SUS PÉTALOS PARA ESCUCHAR LAS SEMILLAS BROTAR (2021)
bass flute, bass clarinet, tam tam, piano, violin, viola, cello, contrabass ~20’
commissioned by Kommas Ensemble
INVISIBLE INVOCATIONS (2021)
two euphoniums ~20’
WE BREATHED AS BREATHES THE SOUND (2019)
two string instruments ~10’
commissioned by Compañia Oblicua
DOS HORIZONTES (2018)
two contrabass flutes ~15’
commissioned by Mei Flutes
ÆOLUS (2018)
string quartet and video ~15’
YIN & YANG (2018)
four-hand piano, string instruments and video ~20’
commissioned by Dos Uno Ensemble
LEVIATHAN (2016)
violin, cello, bass clarinet, didgeridoo, piano and percussion ~15’
SOLO
A BRIDGE LINGERS OVER ME (2024)
archlute ~25’
commissioned by Máximiliano Más
AN INVITATION TO LISTEN TO A FOREST ENDURE (2024)
Shruti box ~20’
commissioned by Sello Postal
CHOIR
IMMANENT REVOLUTION (2022)
vocal ensemble ~30’
developed in residency at Klangraum (Düsseldorf)
A DEEP RESONANCE (2019)
vocal ensemble and percussion ~45’
commissioned by EVU ensemble
DE LOS DOS UN RÍO (2016)
mixed chorus ~4’
INSTALLATION / PERFORMATIVE WORKS
WILL SOMEONE OR SOMETHING PLEASE START TO SING? (2024)
tambura and sine tones ~30’
commission by 48 Stunden Neukölln
FRAGILE HARMONY (2023)
20 balloons and tiny harmonicas ~20’
commission by 48 Stunden Neukölln
THE EARTH SOUNDS IN YOUR EARS (2021)
shruti box, objects and perception ~30’
commission by SAGITAL
PRESS
Ángeles Rojas — Interview (Flow State)
Interview with the Argentine composer based in Berlin. Instrumental drones, nature sounds, and her creative process.
→ Read on Flow State
The Best Contemporary Classical on Bandcamp — Review (Bandcamp Daily)
A curated selection and review of the best contemporary classical music released on Bandcamp.
→ By Peter Margasak
Harmonic Series Magazine — Review
Analysis and review published in Harmonic Series Magazine.
→ By Keith Prosk
Foxy Digitalis — Review
Review published in Foxy Digitalis.
→ By Brad Rose
WRITINGS
64 INVITATIONS TO LISTEN TO THE ECHO, OF THE ECHO, OF THE ECHO, OF A BOOK (2023)
a group of 64 cards on art, music, and love — an open invitation to reading as a form of being
→ available by hand and upon request
SOUND AS A MEAN TO THE SENSIBLE EXPERIENCE (EXTRACT) (2019)
fragment of a longer text exploring sound as a medium for affective and perceptual encounter
→ read extract – PDF
EL SONIDO COMO MEDIO A LA EXPERIENCIA SENSIBLE (2019)
versión original en español del ensayo sobre sensibilidad, escucha y experiencia
→ leer texto completo – PDF