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.
