Bertha Elena Artero Ponce (b. 1980) lives and works in Berlin as an independent composer, educator, and cultural organizer. She is a co-founder of Comusik, a platform and podcast fostering collaboration among composers, instrumentalists, and collectives from Latin America and Europe. Her work is closely connected with the Gather and Musica Inaudita collectives at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), as well as the Archipel community web radio and Colaboradio Berlin (FM 88.4 Berlin / 90.7 Potsdam – Colaboradio / Freies Radio Berlin Brandenburg).
Currently, she is exploring the interplay of noise and visuals using free software, acoustic instruments, and DIY synthesizers.
Her works have been premiered at international festivals, concerts and workshops: Jornadas de música contemporánea in her hometown (2011-2016); Taller VocaalLab Madrid (2009), Festival VozeArte Valencia (2012); I Encuentro de Jóvenes Compositores e Intérpretes VENEZUELA AD LIBITUM (2015); Festival Latinoamericano Caracas (2021); Utzon Center in Aalborg Denmark (2021-2024); Museo Oteiza in Navarra Spain (2022); Festival SOXXI, RiberAlz, Ágora actual Spain (2024-2025) and at University of arts (UdK) Germany (2024).
The films she has scored, have premiered and been showcased at various festivals, including Filmfest Biberach (A Hard-Working Man), FILMFESTIVAL MAX OPHÜLS PREIS (A los cuatro vientos, Paradies), Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Braunschweig International Film Festival Exground Filmfest, and the Maryland Film Festival (Paradies).
She has collaborated for various multimedia projects with students from the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne (KHM), the Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, the production company Scat and the Inderbo and Fundasil Foundations from Bolivia.
In 2004, she earned a bachelor’s degree in Composition and Orchestral Conducting from Universidad Católica Boliviana in La Paz. Between 2004 and 2005, she took part in the Music in Education Program at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. In 2015, she completed a master’s degree in Composition at Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela. In 2020, she obtained a master’s degree in Film Music from Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in Germany.
