Biografie:
Simina Oprescu (b. 1993) is a composer and multidisciplinary artist from Bucharest, Romania. She graduated the Dynamic Image and Photography Department at the Bucharest National University of Arts and studied at the department of acousmatic composition at the Royal Conservatory of Mons (Belgium) for one year. She is currently residing in Berlin, continuing her studies at the UdK’s M.A - Sound Studies and Sonic Arts. Her approach to sound could be perceived a junction of etheral and immersive sonic landscapes, evoking a veiled corner of thought, whilst creating new perspectives on concepts inspired by mythology, philosophy and by the idea of form determines the rhythm and the duality of absence and presence which is continuously explored in constructing her textured modular-driven compositions. Simina was part of the SHAPE roster in 2020, a collaboration that made possible the following projects to surface : ‘The Hidden Environment/The Feeling of the Cave’ (48’) comissioned by ORF/musikprotokoll, OE1 Kunstradio, Vienna; ‘Ludus’ (AV) commissioned work by MOTA Museum and Sonica Festival, Ljublanja, ‘Sulphurus Formicidae’ (AV, 4’27”), comissioned by Rokolectiv Festival a project developed entitled “Earthly Soundtracks For The Non-Human”. She was awarded the silver award at Grand Prix Nova for the work ‘Drip Drop’ (4’11’, 2018) comissioned by SEMI SILENT and a nomination at Phonurgia Nova - Pierre Schaeffer with the silent movie soundtrack of ‘Dr?gu?, life in a Romanian Village’ comissioned by Image&Sound. Her track KI 03 was featured in The Wire's "Below The Radar" compilations series. She has been an active presence in the Romanian experimental music scene in the past years.