Carmen Maria Cârneci

Carmen Maria Cârneci (*1957) is a Romanian composer and conductor. She worked as an assistant to Michael Gielen at the Donaueschinger Musiktage and conducted Salvatore Sciarrino’s opera Perseo e Andromeda at the Staatsoper in Stuttgart, and then reprised the work as the first female conductor in the history of La Scala in Milan. In 1994/95 she wrote her own chamber opera Giacometti, directing the world premiere herself, at the Bonn Opera in 1996; a revised version was performed in Zurich in 2001. "After all, my music represents myself – without consideration – with all my facets, feelings and my attitude to life." (2010)