María Lihuen Sirvent is an Argentinian composer and flutist currently based in Buffalo, New York.

As a composer, she has participated in prestigious music festivals such as June in Buffalo (USA), Impuls (Austria), SoundSCAPE (Italy), and Barcelona Modern (Spain), among others. Her compositions have been featured in these international settings, where she has had the opportunity to collaborate with leading musicians, such as the [Switch~Ensemble] and the Arditti Quartet.

Beyond her compositional activities, she has also contributed to the music festival community in various organizational roles. She has served as a concert producer for the Charlotte New Music Festival (USA), a lecturer at the Tomás Lefever Festival (Chile), and a flutist at ECI La Plata (Argentina).

An active performer, she has been a flutist in a range of ensembles, including “Ensemble Arsis” (specializing in baroque music), “Samba no Pe” (a Brazilian fusion group), “El Enjambre,” and “The Academic Complex” (both new music ensembles). Her performances span diverse musical genres.

She is also deeply involved in music theory research. Since 2013, she has worked as a research assistant at the National University of La Plata under Dr. Edgardo Rodríguez, collaborating with a team on a project focused on the poetics of Latin American composers from the 1960s onwards. This research aims to deepen the understanding of the musical language and cultural contexts of Latin American composers after the operation of the Di Tella Institute in Buenos Aires.

In the last five years, she has been working on music with live electronics that generate interactions between sound and light (including video) employing feedback systems. This path includes her work on designing and building new music instrument, sound devices, and music interfaces.