Max Savikangas: Silvertone

Max Savinkangas

Max Savikangas (b. 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) started playing the violin at the age of 6 and piano at the age of 9, but as a teenager chose the viola as his main instrument. The seeds of Savikangas’s compositions often emerge as a result of (instru)mental improvisation, of savouring all kinds of sound events of…

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Deborah Cheetham: Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace

Deborah Cheetham

Deborah Cheetham AO (b. 1964), Yorta Yorta woman, soprano, composer and educator has been a leader and pioneer in the Australian arts landscape for more than 25 years. In the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Cheetham was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), for ‘distinguished service to the performing arts as…

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Johannes Maria Staud: Listen, Revolution

Johannes Maria Staud

Johannes Maria Staud (b. 1974 in Innsbruck) draws much of his inspiration from literature and the visual arts. Reflections on philosophical questions, social processes, and political events also influence his compositions. His artfully constructed works possess a rigorous dramaturgy. Staud studied musicology and philosophy in Vienna before continuing his compositional studies with Hanspeter Kyburz in…

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Lee Kar-tai Phoebus: Wanderlust

Lee Kar-Tai Phoebus

Lee Kar-tai Phoebus (b. 1986) received his Doctor of Music from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His works have been presented at various international music platforms and conferences, including The Asian Composers’ League Conference and Festival, The Chinese Composers’ Festival, Hong Kong Art Festival, Hong Kong Contemporary Music Festival, Hong Kong Week of Taiwan, International Rostrum…

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Aspasia Nasopoulou: Square–Oblong (Ten Dipoles: No. 9)

Aspasia Nasopoulou (photo by Melanja Palitta)

Aspasia Nasopoulou (b. 1972 in Athens) is a composer, pianist, and curator currently living in Amsterdam. Her work has a poetic, evocative and dynamic transparency. It is inspired by literature, mythology and philosophy from different cultures. In her over more than nineteen compositions she is frequently exploring the synergy between music and theater by integrating…

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Chia-lin Pan: Drifting

Chialin Pan

Dr. Chia-lin Pan (b. 1972) received her degree of Doctor of Music in Composition from Northwestern University (Illinois, U.S.A.) and earned both her Bachelor and Master degrees from National Taiwan Normal University (Taipei, Taiwan). She studied composition with Prof. M. W. Karlins, Yen Lu, Alan Stout, Augusta Read Thomas, Hwang-long Pan and Jay Alan Yim…

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Reza Khota: My House is a Spaceship

Reza Khota

Reza Khota was born in Johannesburg and was introduced to the guitar by his father in the 80’s. He later studied classical guitar and improvisation with Faizel Boorany, who fired his enthusiasm for experimental jazz, the classical avant-garde and progressive guitar music. After enrolling for his B.mus degree at Wits University, he furthered his classical…

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Regina Irman: Schwarzes Glück 2

Regina Irman

Regina Irman (b. 1957) is a Swiss musician, music educator and composer. Regina Irman was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. In 1976 she studied music at the Winterthur Conservatory, and in 1982 received her teacher’s diploma with guitar as principal instrument. She also began to study percussion, and in 1995 received a concert diploma with distinction…

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Jouni Hirvelä: Saraceno Impresssions

Jouni Hirvelä

Jouni Hirvelä (b. 1982) is a Helsinki-based composer who likes to work with a wide range of instrumental and vocal special techniques. He often gets fascinated about sounds with delicate and fragile qualities and sometimes incorporates them as recorded audio. Hirvelä holds a Master’s Degree from Sibelius Academy where he studied with professor Veli-Matti Puumala…

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