Clara Iannotta
Composition Tutor
Clara Iannotta is an Italian composer and curator based between Berlin and Paris.
Her music is commissioned and performed by renowned international ensembles, soloists, and orchestras.
Iannotta has been a fellow of the Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD in 2013, Villa Médicis (Académie de France à Rome) in 2018–19, and the recipient of several prizes including the Ernst von Siemens Composers’ Prize 2018, Hindemith-Preis 2018, Una Vita nella Musica Giovani 2019, Premio Abbiati 2021. Her three portrait albums A Failed Entertainment (Edition RZ), Earthing (Wergo), and Moult (Kairos) were all awarded a place on the Bestenliste der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics’ Award). She is a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.
From 2014 to 2024, Iannotta served as Artistic Director of the Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik. She is currently the artistic director for music programming of the Festival d’Automne à Paris and a member of the Kuratorium of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. She will be Professor of Composition at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) starting in September 2025.
In 2025, Clara Iannotta will be a tutor at the Darmstadt Summer Course for the third time.