Raquel García-Tomás

Raquel García-Tomás (born in Barcelona, 1984) is a Spanish composer specialized in multidisciplinary and collaborative creation. In 2020 she was awarded the Premio Nacional de Música in the Composition category, annually granted by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Spain. With her work “Alexina B.” she became the second female composer to premiere an opera at the Gran Teatre del Liceu and the first in the 21st century. Life and career She studied musical composition at the Catalonia College of Music (ESMUC) and earned her doctorate at the Royal College of Music in London, where she lived for six years. She has worked on joint creations with the English National Ballet, the Royal Academy of Arts, and the Dresden Music Festival. Her music has been performed at the Auditori de Barcelona, the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Teatre Lliure, the National Theater of Catalonia, the Palau de la Música in Valencia, the Teatro Español, the Teatros del Canal, and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Her compositions have been heard in various cities, mainly in Europe, but also in Cairo, Rosario, and Buenos Aires. She collaborated in the creation of the chamber opera “Dido reloade