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Tania Lanfer Marquez (* 1982 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian composer and pianist.

Life

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Tania Lanfer Marquez is a composer and pianist. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Piano from the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo (USP), as well as a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Composition from the Department of Music at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

She has attended seminars at the Elektronische Studio of the Technische Universität Berlin and Stanford University, as well as workshops and courses led by Brian Ferneyhough, Flo Menezes, Beat Furrer, Philippe Manoury, Chaya Czernowin, Georges Aperghis, Mark Applebaum, and others. Her composition studies include work with Erik Ulman, Roger Reynolds, and Willy Corrêa de Oliveira, while her piano studies were undertaken with Eduardo Monteiro and Marisa Lacorte.

Her music has been performed by and developed in collaboration with ensembles including the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Red Fish Blue Fish, Palimpsest Ensemble, Stanford University Improvisation Collective, sfSound, Red Light New Music, Platypus Ensemble, Gnarwhallaby Ensemble, Quinteto Latino, and Grupo Música Viva UNESP.