Cristina Spinei has been called “one of the most talented young composers in America” by Grammy award winning composer/conductor Jose Serebrier. At 26, Ms. Spinei is in demand from choreographers, film directors, and musicians. Her compositions have been commissioned by the Ebony Strings Quartet, the ETA3 Trio, Kathleen Dyer Dance NY, London Central School, Mary Seidman and Keystone Dancers, Metropolis Ensemble, the National Symphony Orchestra of Uruguay, OSSODRE, the New York Choreographic Institute, Pacific Northwest Ballet, St. John’s Church, and Treetops Chamber Music Society.

Ms. Spinei is the recipient of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism Grant for Composition, two Composer Assistance Awards from the American Music Center, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts composition grant, the New York State Council on the Arts composition grant, and the Composition Award from the Arts Recognition and Talent Search. Spinei has been a finalist for the Sackler Composition Prize and the Sundance Composers Lab. Ms. Spinei received her BM and MM in composition from the Juilliard School where she studied with Christopher Rouse.

Ms. Spinei returns for another collaboration with choreographer Kathleen Dyer Dance New York (KDNY) for an evening length work at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in March. In the spring of 2011 Ms. Spinei will be participating in a residency in Trinidad for which she is composing a string quartet commissioned by the Ebony Strings.

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