Katia Beaugeais is an Australian-French contemporary classical composer based in Sydney. [1] She was born on 9 December 1976. [2]
After learning piano and saxophone from the ages six and twelve respectively, Katia Beaugeais completed a Bachelor of Music Education degree to become a classroom music teacher. She then completed a postgraduate saxophone degree at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and began to compose and perform her own work for the first time. [1]
She was awarded a Ph.D. in composition in 2021, and released Breath by Breath, her debut solo album performing her own saxophone compositions. [1] The album was released by ABC Classical, and featured saxophone extended techniques. It was featured on BBC Radio 3 and ABC Radio. [3] [4] [5]
She has collaborated with Australian composers Katy Abbott, Anne Boyd, Bruce Crossman, Rosalind Page, and William Barton. [5] [6]
In 2010 she won the ISCM-IAMIC International Young Composer Award for her 2008 work Sound Box. [7]
Katia Beaugeais is an Australian-French contemporary classical composer based in Sydney. [1] She was born on 9 December 1976. [2]
After learning piano and saxophone from the ages six and twelve respectively, Katia Beaugeais completed a Bachelor of Music Education degree to become a classroom music teacher. She then completed a postgraduate saxophone degree at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and began to compose and perform her own work for the first time. [1]
She was awarded a Ph.D. in composition in 2021, and released Breath by Breath, her debut solo album performing her own saxophone compositions. [1] The album was released by ABC Classical, and featured saxophone extended techniques. It was featured on BBC Radio 3 and ABC Radio. [3] [4] [5]
She has collaborated with Australian composers Katy Abbott, Anne Boyd, Bruce Crossman, Rosalind Page, and William Barton. [5] [6]
In 2010 she won the ISCM-IAMIC International Young Composer Award for her 2008 work Sound Box. [7]