Chung-Yuan Yu: Wende (Twist)

Chung Yuan Yu

Chung-Yuan Yu (b. 1984 in Taipei) has been awarded in numerous musical composition competitions. His compositions have been performed by outstanding musicians and ensembles such as Ensemble SurPlus, Formalist Quartet, Reborn-the Voice of Suka, Taiwan Philharmonic Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Chinese Orchestra, the Little Giant Chinese Orchestra, Taipei Chamber Singers, and the Unique…

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Dominik Karski: Glimmer

Dominik Karski

Dominik Karski (b. 1972) is an independent Polish/Australian composer, whose body of work is informed by close ollaboration with distinct interpreters of new music. Ensembles and soloists who have worked with the composer and presented his works include Flute o’clock, Malgorzata Walentynowicz, ELISION Ensemble, Quatuor Diotima, Karin Hellqvist, Anna Petrini, and Ensemble SurPlus, among many others.…

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David Achenberg: Bleu Ébène

David Achenberg

David Achenberg (b. 1966) is a voluntarily iconoclastic composer who is also sensitive to the dialogue between classicism and extreme modernity. Author of some thirty opuses, some of which have earned him international recognition (International Rostrum of Composers), he weaves a dense and expressive body of work that is constantly renewed through projects and commissions. In close collaboration…

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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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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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Barbara Jazwinski: Dreams of Vagabond Winds

Barbara Jazwinski

Barbara Jazwinski (b. 1950) studied composition and theory at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Poland. She received her M.A. degree in composition and piano from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in composition from the City University of New York. Her teachers included Mario Davidovsky, György Ligeti, and John Chowning. Currently, she is…

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Kevin Leomo: Limen

Kevin Leomo

Kevin Leomo (b. 1993) is a Scottish-Filipino composer of experimental based in Glasgow, Scotland. Kevin’s works engage with silence, fragility, perception, liminality, and non-standard notation. He is also interested in exploring notions of cross-cultural composition. Kevin has worked with The Hermes Experiment, Red Note Ensemble, Ensemble Okeanos, Quartteto Maurice, Tacet(i) Ensemble, Glasgow New Music Expedition,…

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Doina Rotaru: Vivarta

Doina Rotaru

Doina Rotaru (b. 1951, Bucharest) studied composition with Stefan Niculescu and Tiberiu Olah at the National University of Music, Bucharest. In 1991, she was the recipient of a composer’s scholarship from the Hague Conservatory, where she studied with Theo Loevendie. In 1997, she was awarded a PhD in Musicology for her thesis on Solutions for…

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