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anielle Lurie is a versatile musician, active both as a bassoonist and as a composer. She is currently completing her Master’s degree in Composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, studying under Prof. Jan Müller-Wieland, as well as a Master’s degree in Bassoon at the University of Music Freiburg with Prof. Henrik Rabien.

Her compositions have been performed by renowned ensembles worldwide, including the Bruckner Orchester Linz, Meitar Ensemble, and Volta Ensemble. Lurie has received composition commissions from the Oktopus Ensemble, Staatsorchester Darmstadt, Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, Ars Electronica, the European Holocaust Memorial Foundation in Landsberg am Lech, the Ben-Haim Research Center in Munich, and the project Composing Memory in Israel.

Lurie is also active in writing music for theater. She participated in the Playlist project of Ludwig Maximilian University and the Münchner Kammerspiele. Her own theatre productions have been presented at venues such as Reaktorhalle München, LMU Studiobühne, and the Münchner Volkstheater.

In addition to her work as a composer, Lurie performs as a freelance bassoonist with orchestras in Germany, Israel, and the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

She has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the Orlandus Lassus Scholarship from the Rotary Club Munich-International, the Deutschlandstipendium, and the Excellence Scholarship of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (Keren Sharett) in both bassoon and composition. She is also a prizewinner in competitions such as the Wolf Durmashkin Composition Award and the Mark Kopytman Composition Competition.