Mirjam Skal is a composer and orchestrator based in Zurich, Switzerland. She is currently completing her master‘s degree in film scoring at the Zurich University of the Arts and has been working as a freelance composer over the past few years. Her work includes music for several animated shorts, advertisements, documentaries and music for the national Swiss television (SRF). In 2018 she won the “TAURUS Award” for best music in an animated film (“The Market of Lost Things”) at the Animatou International Film Festival in Geneva.

Earlier this year Mirjam has been selected as a sound studio participant in Berlinale Talents 2021, which has been a mind opening experience for her. In addition, Mirjam has been chosen to be part of the AWFC Mentorship program under the guidance of renowned composer Mychael Danna (Life of Pi).

As a synesthete, Mirjam‘s approach to composing is very intuitive. She is fascinated by combining live instruments with electronic soundscapes to create evocative textures. In 2020 she recorded and conducted her orchestral composition ANIMA with the Budapest Art Orchestra. She is also an experienced orchestrator and has been contributing to the music of bands such as ELUVEITIE and ILLUMISHADE. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.