About
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. Her work is often created in close collaboration with musicians, exploring the finest timbral, textural and technical possibilities of each instrument that eventually lead to meticulously designed sonic architectures. Inspired by the mysteries of nature, she steps with it into a conversation through her music in which she strives to collide disciplined rationality and scientific research with feminine intuition and sensitive plasticity. Her music has been performed in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Greece, Serbia, Argentina, China, and the United States.
In her “Tree Opera. Windthrow” for eight voices, chamber ensemble and electronics — premiered in an old-growth forest in Hyrynsalmi, Finland — she draws inspiration from the most recent scientific research in plants’ neurophysiology and deep forest ecology, exploring forest as a natural stage to create a unique experience of our interconnectedness with nature at large and forest in particular. The chamber ensemble musicians, Swedish Paetzold contrabass recorder player Anna Petrini and singers from the Grammy Award-winning Latvian Radio Choir performed on specially built platforms positioned in trees, a staging that has become a trademark of the performance.
Works in progress
Sound installation for the exhibition “The Dreadful Legacy” by Miķelis Fišers
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga
Opening on December 5, 2026
Opera “Voynich Manuscript”
Commissioned by the Latvian National Opera and Ballet
Premiering in autumn 2028
Premieres and selected performances of original works
“Ouroboros” for violin, cello and electronics
Commissioned by the festival “Baltic Music Days 2026: We Live in Other Times” and the Latvian Composers’ Union. Premiered on April 13, 2026, by “Twenty Fingers Duo”, at the Latvian Radio studio.
“Noesis” for synthesizer chamber orchestra
Commissioned by Erica Synths. Premiered on November 30, 2025, at Hanzas Perons.
“Hagneia” for traditional and self-made percussion instruments
Commissioned by percussionists Guntars Freibergs and Juris Āzers. Premiered on October 26, 2024, at Cēsis Concert Hall.
“Voynich Codex” for string orchestra and mezzo-soprano
Commissioned by conductor Andris Vecumnieks. Premiered on March 27, 2024, by “Sinfonia Concertante” and Helēna Sorokina, at the Small Guild in Riga.
“GAIA” (Earth) for 24 voices and double bass
Commissioned by the Latvian Radio Choir. Premiered on May 11, 2024, by the Latvian Radio Choir, at GORS in Rēzekne.
“Mundus invisibilis” (The Invisible World) part II “Cleanroom” for string quartet and electronics
Commissioned by the Danish Cultural Institute. Premiered in autumn 2022 at an international sound exhibition in Latvia, Denmark and China.
“Hesychia” (Stillness) for Paetzold contrabass recorder, chamber ensemble and electronics
Commissioned by the festival “Sansusī”. Premiered on August 12, 2022, in Aknīste.
Opera “The Cold Maiden” for seven voices, two percussionists, antler harp and electronics
Commissioned by Katrīna Neiburga and the Valmiera Summer Theatre Festival. Premiered on August 5, 2022, in Valmiera.
“Just a Brief Moment” for mixed choir
Commissioned by the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. Premiered in spring 2022 by the Academy’s choir.
“Carmen Sibyllae” (Song of the Sibyl) for symphony orchestra and large choir
Commissioned by the State Choir “Latvija”. Premiered on September 2, 2021, by the State Choir “Latvija” and “Sinfonietta Rīga”, at St. Peter’s Church in Riga.
“Mundus invisibilis” (The Invisible World) part I for string quartet and electronics
Commissioned by the Latvian Composers’ Union. Premiered in March 2021 by the “Sinfonietta Riga String Quartet”, at the festival “Baltic Music Days” in Riga.
“Tree Opera. Windthrow” for eight voices, chamber ensemble and electronics
Commissioned by the artist residency “Mustarinda”. Premiered on August 17, 2019, in an old-growth forest in Hyrynsalmi, Finland.
“The Dense Fog Covered the Earth” for mixed choir
Premiered on May 4, 2019, by the State Choir “Latvija”, the Latvian Radio Choir and “Ave Sol”, at the National Library of Latvia.
“Tree Opera. City” for three voices, three percussionists and electronics
Premiered on September 7, 2018, at the festival “Homo Novus” in Riga.
“Radices” (Roots) for eight voices and electronics
Premiered in spring 2018 by the Latvian Radio Choir, at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music.
“Artifex Auditionis II” for chamber ensemble
Premiered on October 13, 2017, at the festival “Skaņu mežs” in Riga.
“Duality” electroacoustic composition
Premiered in spring 2017 at the festival “deciBels” in Riga.
“Tree Opera.” Part 1 for three voices, three percussionists and electronics
Premiered in summer 2016 at the festival “Sansusī” in Aknīste.
“The B-Series” for self-made square and trumpet
Premiered on May 26, 2016, at the author’s concert “Spriedze”, “Arsenāls”, Riga.
“Am Moor” (At the Moor) for soprano
Premiered in spring 2016 at the festival “deciBels” in Riga.
“Amanita Muscaria” (Fly Agaric) for chamber ensemble
Premiered in summer 2015 by Divertimento Ensemble, at the International Workshop for Young Composers in Mazsalaca.
Sound installations
“The Memory Hut” and “The Great Expedition”
For Katrīna Neiburga’s installation and film, presented as part of the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl-Salzkammergut 2024, Austria.
“Intangible”
For Danish artist Carl Emil Carlsen’s virtual reality exhibition, premiered at RIXC Gallery (Riga, 2023) as part of the EMAP residency programme. The exhibition later toured several European venues (Paris, Copenhagen, Berlin, Athens, Thessaloniki) and received the CPH Inter Award 2024.
“Mundus invisibilis” for a 36-loudspeaker sound dome
Parts I and II of the string quartet performed at the SWRL Spatial Sound and Science Festival “Complementary Contradictions”, Riga, November 2023.
“Semina futuri” (Seeds of the Future)
For the sculpture by Linda Boļšakova at the contemporary art festival Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2020 “Wonders of Democracy”, Riga, Latvia, October 2020.
“Matter. Ritual”
For the audiovisual installation at “Zirgu pasts”, the theatre house of the Latvian Academy of Culture, during the annual modern culture forum “White Night”, Riga, Latvia, 2019.
“Intermediate. Vibration”
For the installation at “Zirgu pasts”, the theatre house of the Latvian Academy of Culture, during the annual modern culture forum “White Night”, Riga, Latvia, 2018.
“The Dark Night of the Soul”
For the solo exhibition of the visual artist Atis Jākobsons, Riga, Latvia, 2017.
Electronic sound installation for 52 speakers
In a botanical garden for “European Capital of Culture”, Aarhus, Denmark, 2017.
Overview of all original work
“Ouroboros” (2026) for violin, cello and electronics.
“Noesis” (2025) for synthesizer chamber orchestra.
“Hagneia” (2024) for traditional and self-made percussion instruments.
“Voynich Codex” (2024) for string orchestra and mezzo-soprano.
“GAIA” (2024) for 24 voices and double bass.
“Carmen Sibyllae” (2023) recreated fragments for two sopranos, two tenors and harp.
“Mundus invisibilis” (The Invisible World) part II “Cleanroom” (2023) for string quartet and electronics.
“Hesychia” (2022) for Paetzold contrabass recorder, chamber ensemble and electronics.
Opera “The Cold Maiden” (2022) for seven voices, two percussionists, antler harp and electronics.
“Carmen Sibyllae” (2021) for symphony orchestra and large choir.
“Just a Brief Moment” (2020) for mixed choir.
“Mundus invisibilis” (The Invisible World) part I (2020) for string quartet and electronics.
“Tree Opera. Windthrow” (2019) for eight voices, chamber ensemble and electronics.
“Radices” (Roots) (2019) for eight voices and electronics.
“The Dense Fog Covered the Earth” (2018) for mixed choir.
“Artifex Auditionis II” (2017) for chamber ensemble.
“Duality” (2017) electroacoustic composition.
“Tree Opera.” Part 1 (2016) for three voices, three percussionists and electronics.
“Artifex Auditionis I” (2016) for chamber ensemble.
“Am Moor” (At the Moor) (2015) for soprano.
“The B-Series” (2015) for self-made square and trumpet.
“Amanita Muscaria” (Fly Agaric) (2015) for chamber ensemble.
“Neurostenia” (2014) for viola and sustain pedal of piano.
“Melni kraukļi gaisā skraida” (2014) for mixed choir and electronics.
“Krummi svaf i kletagja” (The Raven Slept on the Cliff) (2013) for mezzo-soprano.