Anna Fišere is a Latvian composer known for immersive, site-specific work built around natural environments, working in the areas of chamber music, opera, music for choir and vocal ensembles, instrumental solo pieces, duos, electroacoustic music and sound installations. Fascinated by the most intricate properties of sound, she approaches it as a live organism that embodies a musical form in itself.
Tree Opera
Premiered in August 2019 in the midst of an old-growth forest in Hyrynsalmi, Finland.
Represented Latvia at the European Forum on Music in Bonn in 2020 (Climate Action: Music as a Driver for Change).
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The Cold Maiden
Inspired by stories from Danish writer Jørn Riel. Premiered in summer 2022 at the Valmiera Summer Theatre Festival.
Winner of the Grand Music Award 2022 and the Jury's Special Prize at the Theatre Awards “Spēlmaņu nakts” 2022.
"Mundus invisibilis" part I
Premiered in March 2021 in Riga and Tallinn; performed by Quartet 121 in New York in May 2021.
Winner of the Quartet 121 new works competition, 2020.
Carmen Sibyllae
Based on Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue. Premiered in September 2021 at St. Peter’s Church in Riga, performed by the State Choir “Latvija” and Sinfonietta Rīga, conducted by Māris Sirmais.