Evelin Ramón
Evelin Ramón (Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 1979) is a prominent Cuban composer and singer. Academic background Evelin Ramón studied piano, choral conduction, and singing at the Music Conservatoire in Santiago de Cuba and afterward continued studying musical composition at the University of the Arts in Havana under the supervision of composers Juan Piñera and Louis Franz Aguirre. Ramón obtained a Masters diploma in Musical Composition at the Université de Montréal, under the guidance of composer Ana Sokilovic. In 2012, she was granted a residence scholarship to study musical composition at the Faculty of Music of the Université de Montréal, which allowed her to collaborate with the project “Danser la musique d’aujourd’hui” (Dance today's music) in collaboration with L’École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal, for which she composed a piece named Souffles for female voice, electro-acoustic media, and 21 dancers. Ramón has participated in professional development programs such as the "VII Encuentro de Compositores Injuve" in Spain (2002) and the "Rencontres de Musique Nouvelle au Domaine Forget" (2012). She has also participated in courses and seminars of musical analysis, orchestration, and composition, offered by important composers such as Stefano Bracci, Mauricio Sotelo, Beat Furrer, Philippe Leroux, John Rea, Denys Bouliane, Lasse