Gerardo Dirié

Gerardo Dirié was born in Cordoba, Argentina. In his youth, he played bass in instrumental rock bands and studied classical guitar, clarinet, and cornetto. He became immersed in electronic music as well as choral, folk, and early music ensembles. He graduated from the National University of Cordoba with a degree in Composition. He received a Fulbright Fellowship to study Composition at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University. From 1994 to 2003, he worked as a faculty member at the Jacobs School. In 2003, he moved to Australia to take a teaching and research position in Music Theory and Composition at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. 

Dirié has received awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (United States), the National Tribune of Composers (Argentina), the National Tribune of Electroacoustic Music (Argentina), and the International Rostrum of Composers and International Forum of Electroacoustic Music (Finland). Argentina’s National Fund for the Arts awarded Dirié a grant to study Music and Mathematics, and he received a grant to study Contemporary Choral Music Conducting from the International Encounters of Contemporary Music organization. In Australia, he received the APRA-AMCOS Nomination for Best Vocal-Choral Work, and his collaboration with Karin Schaupp and Katie Noonan won the 2017 ARIA Award for Best World Music Album. 

In the 1980s, Dirié was a founding member of the innovative Collegium Center for Music Research and Education in Cordoba, where he directed its main choral ensemble. During the 1990s, he coordinated the Latin American Music Center at Indiana University. From 1993 to 1996, Dirié was an associate artist, composer, and sound designer at the Indiana Repertory Theater. He has written music for soloists and chamber ensembles, and he has composed chamber operas, electroacoustic music, choral music, and structured improvisations. His music appears on albums released by international labels, such as Crystal Records, Elektramusic, Ravello Records, Conaculta-UNAM, Eroica Recordings, and Doublemoon.