Anne Mirou
Anne Mirou's musical journey follows the history of music chronologically: in an embryonic state, she was impregnated with Renaissance counterpoint within the vocal ensemble to which her parents belong; as a child, she played the harpsichord, with a predilection for the English virginalist composers of the Elizabethan era, and for the music of Bach, whose liturgical work is for her a real revelation; as a teenager, she takes a liking to romantic music, notably thanks to Mendelssohn; finally, as an adult, she fell in love with Ravel.
At the same time, traditional Irish and Breton music, then jazz, gospel, soul, rock, enrich the resources gathered by her ear as influences on her creativity. In her early days at the Angers Conservatory, Anne studied the bass continuo, the organ, sang in choir, obtained an award for harpsichord and another for music theory. Then, at the conservatory of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, she began studying harmony and piano together.
She was accepted shortly after in the composition class of the CNSM in Lyon, from where she emerged five years later with her master's degree, but above all rich in a founding experience for her job as a composer. Back in Anjou, today Anne Mirou teaches piano and harmony, puts texts that inspire her into songs, is the author-composer of a musical tale for children, transcribes many songs for vocals ensembles and for her pianist students, and composes for Les Voix Animées.
