Sara Ramírez Márquez, 2001

Composer from Bogotá.

She studied Composition for Films and Media at UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES and Electroacoustic Composition at the UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM.

Her works have been performed internationally in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Poland, Colombia, Argentina, and Thailand; and her original scores have featured in films officially selected for the BIRMINGHAM FILM FESTIVAL and the BOGOTÁ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.

Her interests revolve around immersive sound, environmental sound, and religious studies. Her current creative practice integrates electronic improvisation, poetry, spoken text, and multilingualism.

CV available upon request via email.

"I am a person of many passions. Beyond music, I am deeply interested in literature, writing, languages, fashion, sculpture, art, beauty, and theology. Somehow, the paths I have taken throughout my life led me to study composition professionally, and it was there that I found an extraordinarily expansive space in which all of my questions could coexist. Composition became a place where different forms of knowledge, sensitivity, and curiosity could meet.

In my music, I seek to bring together all the things that interest me. For this reason, I often engage with themes related to spiritual inquiry, biblical texts, language, and sound ecology. The latter offers me a particular way of relating to the external world, to nature, and to realities that extend far beyond my own experience. Although I am not especially inclined towards outdoor activities, I have come to understand that contemplating creation is one of the deepest ways of drawing closer to God. Field recording and attentive listening to the environment have therefore become important practices within both my artistic and spiritual life.

Over time, I have come to understand that composition is not, for me, a form of personal expression in the conventional sense. It resembles carpentry more than self-expression: a patient and careful labour that allows me to enter states of deep concentration and contemplation. To create is to participate in God’s creative nature; to be made in His image is also to be made to create. In this sense, composing is a form of attention. It is the time I devote to observing, reflecting, and attempting to better understand the existence of God and His influence on my own life.

During the years in which I completed my undergraduate studies and later pursued a Master’s degree abroad, I began to feel increasingly burdened by certain dynamics of contemporary life. Social media, constantly overstimulating environments, and the persistent concern with reputation, success, and personal growth led me to question many of the conventions that structure everyday life. Gradually, I felt the need to distance myself from some of them.

Today, I try to devote my time to reading, learning new languages, and studying disciplines that broaden my understanding of the world. I am particularly interested in theology and philosophy, as well as questions concerning the future of younger generations of artists. I often reflect on what it means to live a good life, how to cultivate both intellect and spirit, and how to draw closer to God in the midst of a fast-moving and noisy world.

I like to think that the world is not as broken as it sometimes appears. Nevertheless, I believe it is necessary to maintain a certain distance from the things that fragment our attention in order to nourish ourselves, continue growing, and care for what truly matters. My artistic practice emerges from this desire to seek meaning, silence, and contemplation.

Perhaps that is why, despite being an electroacoustic composer, my favourite moment of the day remains the one in which everything falls silent."

22-23.07.2026
Primer Congreso Iberoamericano de Compositores de Música para Cine Universidad de Los Andes · Bogotá Performance
01.08.2026
La Hora Acusmática Universidad Nacional de Córdoba · Argentina One Last Evening in Kashihara
06.06.2026
05.05.2026
Estreno nacional — El Juego de la Vida Departamento de Música · Bogotá, Colombia
9.05.2026
Marginale II Opificio Puca · Napoli, Italia
14-19.04.2026
FICCI — Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena Cartagena, Colombia
17–19.04.2026
TagTEAMS Festival 2026 Bangkok, Thailand One Last Evening in Kashihara — selected for the TEAms Room Program
3.03.2026
AM-Biwalencja 2026 Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego · Katowice, Poland
18.02.2026
RSU International Symposium of Electroacoustic Music Rangsit University · Bangkok, Thailand Premiere of Not the way to Manchester · Premiere of One Last Evening in Kashihara
28–29.01.2026
La Semaine du Son — APNÉES x Phaune Radio Grenoble, France In the Wake of Seven Dawns
5.12.2025
62nd Festival di Nuova Consonanza Mattatoio La Pelanda · Roma, Italia Λίμνες Λήθης [ με αναμνήσεις ] — 16ch Ambisonic
20.11.2025
Birmingham Film Festival Millennium Point · Birmingham, United Kingdom The Letters, dir. Oishi Datta
19–20.11.2025
Cartas a Copenhague Teatro Libre Centro, La Calendaria · Bogotá, Colombia · 8:00pm Beca de creación Bogotá Ciudad Escenario — Corta Trayectoria 2025
7.11.2025
SOUND/IMAGE 2025 Festival University of Greenwich · London, United Kingdom · 4:00pm Fragility
25.10.2025
BEASTdome — afromerm & abi asisa + BEAST Composers Bramall Music Building · Birmingham, United Kingdom · 19:30 Λίμνες Λήθης — Premiere
11.10.2025
Bogotá International Film Festival Cinemateca de Bogotá, Sala Capital · 17:30 El Juego de la Vida, dir. Mario Andrés Ruiz Zuluaga — Estreno mundial
28.09.2025
Estreno en YouTube — Lumbalú (2023) Bogotá, Colombia · 16:00–17:20 GMT-5 Radionovela — for Spanish speaking audience
26.09.2025
La Hora Acusmática Universidad Nacional de Córdoba · Argentina Fragility
14.09.2025
PAYSAGES | COMPOSÉS 2025 Jardin des Plantes · Grenoble, France · 13:00–18:00 In the Wake of Seven Dawns — selected in the BINAURAL category
26.08.2025
Audio-Visual Performance Chiang Mai University · Thailand
23.08.2025
Wonderland — PGVIM Symposium 2025 Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music · Bangkok, Thailand
17.08.2025
The Sonic Art & Improvisation PoA White Box, Yellow Lane · Bangkok, Thailand · 18:30–20:00
24.07.2025
SYNTHETIS — International Summer Course for Composers Nowy Dom Sztuki · Radziejowice, Poland Innerbloom — Krzysztof Gluńka, alto saxophone · Sara Ramírez Márquez, live electronics
1–3.05.2025
BEAST FEaST 2025 University of Birmingham · Birmingham, United Kingdom In the Wake of Seven Dawns — Sound Installation
13.03.2025
mini-BEAST — Spring 2025 Dome Room, Bramall Music Building · Birmingham, United Kingdom · 11:30–12:30
11.12.2024
mini-BEAST — Autumn 2024 Dome Room, Bramall Music Building · Birmingham, United Kingdom · 11:30–12:30