Ana Lara is a vital personality in Mexican contemporary music – equally recognized as a composer, promoter, and programmer of new music.
She served as Artistic Director for contemporary music at the Festival Internacional Cervantino (2007–2009), and founded the Festival Internacional Música y Escena, which she directed for 13 years (1998–2012). Since 1989, she has produced the radio program Hacia una nueva música (Radio UNAM), devoted to contemporary music.
In 2015, together with Jean‑Paul Bernard (former Director of Les Percussions de Strasbourg), she created Afinidades Insospechadas, a platform for interdisciplinary works that integrates collaboration and academic education. From 2016–2017 she served as Cultural Attaché at the Mexican Embassy in France and Director of the Instituto Cultural de México in Paris.
Recent works include Au‑delà du visible for string quartet (commissioned by the Louvre Museum and Quatuor Diotima); Malgré la nuit for piano, percussion, and electronics (CIRM commission); Callada Calma celebrating Mario Lavista’s 70th birthday (mezzo, flute, bass clarinet, piano); and El Baile, a music‑theatre piece commissioned by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes.