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Verena Marisa is an award-winning German-Brazilian composer, sound artist and multi-instrumentalist. She is an expert performer of the theremin – an early electronic instrument, which is played without touching it.  

 

Verena has premiered orchestral works, such as NEW ERA at Munich Philharmonic Hall and MORPHOLOGY at Tonhalle in Munich with great critical acclaim ("one of the best new works", NMZ).

As a performer Verena appears at festivals in the experimental realm, including Jazz, Pop and New Music. She is the first thereminist to compose an entire solo concert program for this unique instrument, and continues to present it throughout Europe. 

On the theremin she has collaborated fruitfully with lyricist Nora Gomringer, recipient of the prestigious Bachmann Prize. 

Verena has further composed the music for several feature films, both for cinema and TV. She has worked repeatedly with directors Rudi Gaul, Rainer Kaufmann and Golden Globe-nominee Max Färberböck. 

In theater she has composed for Neuköllner Oper in Berlin and Schauspiel Frankfurt, with directors Sommer Ulrickson and Ersan Mondtag.

AWARDS

German Film Music Award

 

Berlin Opera Award

Franz Grothe Film Music Award

 

Music Award of the City of Munich

 

aDevantgarde Opera Award

 

Golden Remi / WorldFest-Houston 

(team Koma Kid)

 

German Television Award

(team Best Picture OPERATION ZUCKER)

 

Hamburg Producers Award for FREUNDINNEN

Jury statement: “The composed film music is to be especially emphasized...“

 

Deutscher Filmmusikpreis

 

Berliner Opernpreis (Förderpreis)
  

Franz-Grothe-Filmmusikpreis

 

Förderpreis Musik der Stadt München

 

aDevantgarde Opernpreis

 

 

Golden Remi @ WorldFest-Houston 

(Team Koma Kid)

 

Deutscher Fernsehpreis

(Team Bester Film OPERATION ZUCKER)

 

Hamburger Produzentenpreis für FREUNDINNEN

Jurybegründung: “Besonders hervorzuheben ist auch die komponierte Filmmusik...“

 

AWARDS
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NEWS

NEWS

Press Reviews  "TATORT - VERGEBUNG"

November 2023

"begleitet von der tollen, leicht metallischen Filmmusik Verena Marisas" (ZEIT Online)

"Die Gänsehautstimmung verdankt er den schicksalsschweren Klangbildern von Verena Marisa" (FAZ.net)

New Project MISSING*LINK

July 2023

Verena is composing the score for MISSING*LINK, a coming-of-age drama directed by Michael Baumann, starring Luca Brüggemann and Susanne Wolff. 

News Blickpunkt Film

FILM MUSIC

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