Iracema de Andrade

At EMS 12–25 May, 2025

Iracema de Andrade is a musician and researcher specializing in Performance Practice and Artistic Research, with a particular focus on electroacoustic music. She holds a Ph.D. in Music (Cum Laude) from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where she was awarded the “Alfonso Caso” Academic Merit Medal for her doctoral research on cello repertoires and new technologies. In the United Kingdom, she earned a Master’s degree from West London University, along with a Fellowship Diploma and a Certificate of Advanced Studies from the London College of Music. De Andrade completed her Bachelor’s degree in Music at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Since 2015, she has served as an Associate Researcher at the National Center for Music Research, Documentation, and Information “Carlos Chávez.” She is also the recipient of the 2024 1st Prize for Academic Performance in Research from the National Fine Arts and Literature Institute and a member of the National System of Art Creators, under the Mexican Ministry of Culture.

In 2014, she founded and coordinated the Mexican Seminar of Electroacoustic Music and has performed across Mexico, Brazil, Canada, the USA, the UK, Argentina, Cuba, and Scotland. Her discography features works for cello and electroacoustics, including Aleaciones (2020), Voces Electroacústicas (2014), and Electro-Acústico (2010), the latter of which received two Latin Grammy nominations in 2011.