{"id":13964,"date":"2025-01-13T17:10:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musikfabrik.eu\/blog\/brass-academy-2025-closing-concert\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T17:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:27:48","slug":"brass-academy-2025-closing-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musikfabrik.eu\/en\/blog\/brass-academy-2025-closing-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Brass Academy 2025 \u2013\u00a0Closing Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ce ce-twocol fullwidth layout-8-4\" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col col-custom-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker brlbs-cmpnt-with-individual-styles\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"youtube-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"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\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-c brlbs-cmpnt-cb-youtube\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.musikfabrik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/borlabs-cookie\/1\/yt_X7moMj-W08E_hqdefault.jpg')\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-main\">\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-play-button\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-content\">\n<p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">You are currently viewing a placeholder content from <strong>YouTube<\/strong>. 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Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-provider-toggle\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-show-provider-information role=\"button\">More Information<\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-buttons\"> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Unblock content<\/a> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-accept-service role=\"button\" style=\"display: inherit\">Accept required service and unblock content<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"col col-custom-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Closing concert of the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfabrik.eu\/de\/akademie\/hochschule\/virtual-brass-academy-for-composers\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual Brass Academy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with 3-minute world premieres by the participating composers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Parsa Zandi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introspection I <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rapha\u00eblle Aoun<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e9volution fabriqu\u00e9e<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for contraforte, horn, trumpet and trombone<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Eda Er<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submerged Disco<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Christoffer H\u00e5\u00e5rd<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knallerbsen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sandra Boss<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let Me Eat You<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for horn, trombone and tuba<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Break<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Alireza Seyedi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Widerspruch<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kyungjin Lim<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ernsT ist das leBen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Yifan Guo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eight Seas <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for horn, trumpet, trombone and euphonium<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Nigar Suleyman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a short piece about the last human breath <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aaron Zimmer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Of an Unwelcome Stillness<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Break<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tianyu Zou<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c9tude for Amplified Trumpet and Electronics<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for trumpet solo<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Klara Mlakar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell Me a Secret<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Alisa Kobzar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">architect of lies<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Hannah A. Barnes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in perpetuum<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (fragment) (2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for horn, trumpet and trombone<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Eunhye Joo <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eine kleine Wunderkerze <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2025)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ronan Whittern, bassoon<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfabrik.eu\/de\/ensemble\/mitglieder\/christine-chapman\/\">Christine Chapman<\/a>, horn<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfabrik.eu\/de\/ensemble\/mitglieder\/marco-blaauw\/\">Marco Blaauw<\/a>, trumpet<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephenmenotti.com\/\">Stephen Menotti<\/a>, trombone<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikfabrik.eu\/de\/ensemble\/mitglieder\/maxime-morel\/\">Maxime Morel<\/a>, tuba<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"ce ce-headline \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1>Biographien<\/h1>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ce ce-accordion \">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col\">\n        <div class=\"accordion\"><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"parsa-zandi\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Parsa Zandi<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parsa Zandi was born in 2004 in Tehran, Iran. He studied composition with Mohammad H. Javaheri, Karen Keyhani, and Armin Sanayei in Iran. At the age of 17, he was accepted at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria and studied composition with Beat Furrer for two years. Now he is currently studying under the supervision of Annesley Black.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parsa has had composition classes with composers such as Franck Bedrossian, Clemens Gadenst\u00e4tter, Klaus Lang, Pierluigi Billone, Iris ter Schiphorst, Johannes Maria Staud, Chaya Czernowin, Samir Odeh Tamimi, and Mathias Hinke. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His music has been performed by such ensembles as Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Zeitfluss, Ensemble f\u00fcr Neue Musik, and Roadrunner Trio in Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, USA, Canada and Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"raphaelle-aoun\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Rapha\u00eblle Aoun<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-pdf_iframe__page\" aria-label=\"Seite 4\" data-page-number=\"4\">\n<div class=\"textLayer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rapha\u00eblle Aoun (*2004) is a Lebanese composer based in Berlin. Always seeking new sounds, she aims to create innovative sonic textures and atmospheres, drawing inspiration from her surroundings and nature. She is a recipient of the Jugend Komponiert Deutschland award and has participated in numerous masterclasses. Her music has been performed by ensembles and renowned soloists, including the Art Percussion Ensemble and Matthias Bauer, among many others. Since 2024, she has been pursuing a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Composition with Prof. Hanspeter Kyburz at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin, following her studies with composer Helmut Zapf.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"christoffer-haard\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Christoffer H\u00e5\u00e5rd<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christoffer H\u00e5\u00e5rd is an Oslo-based composer of contemporary music. His music can often be characterized by an exploration of musical spaces between the vulnerable and the banal, where fragile and unstable ranging to abrasive sounds are allowed to live, breath, develop and die out &#8211; as well as playful musical idioms, displaying great na\u00efvet\u00e9, exist in juxtaposition.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born 1997 in J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping, Sweden. Since 2023, he has been enrolled in the Master\u2019s program in composition at the Norwegian Academy in Oslo where he also completed his Bachelor\u2019s studies. Prior to that, he studied at the Gotland School of Composition (Visby, Sweden) in the pre-bachelor program. Additionally, he spent one year as an ERASMUS exchange student at the Carl Maria von Weber Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik in Dresden, Germany. His previous composition teachers include, among others, Asbj\u00f8rn Schaathun, Eivind Buene, Mark Andre, Trond Reinholdtsen, Stefan Prins, Per M\u00e5rtensson, having also received tutorage and masterclasses from Chaya Czernowin, Manos Tsangaris, George Lewis, Carola Bauckholt, and Lisa Streich among others.<\/span><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"sandra-boss\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Sandra Boss<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sandra Boss is a Danish-based composer and performer working in the field between instrumental music, electronics, installation and performance. Her compositional tone of voice is distinctly explorative with a strong interest in the timbral potentials of instruments. An important element within her work is the physical dialogue with instruments where the instruments are bent through external objects or modifications.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sandra Boss has a background in classical music and has later studied electronic music at The Royal Academy of Music in Denmark. She also holds an artistic-based PhD on sound art from The University of Aarhus, Denmark. <\/span><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"alireza-seyedi\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Alireza Seyedi<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-pdf_iframe__page\" aria-label=\"Seite 8\" data-page-number=\"8\">\n<div class=\"textLayer\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alireza Seyedi, a composer born in 2001, represents the new generation of contemporary music in Iran. Traces of traditional music and regional music of Iran, interwoven into the fabric of contemporary music, are evident in his works. This presence is sometimes clear and tangible, and at other times, highly abstract and profound. The influence of electronic music composition culture is always apparent in his works, whether through the direct presence of electronics or by drawing inspiration from its compositional approaches.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He works with sounds as if they were diverse colors on a painter&#8217;s palette, carefully observing the relationships between them and resolving them within his mental forms and structures. These cohesive and intricate structures shape his compositions, carving the piece out like a sculpture emerging from a massive block of stone.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seyedi is an undergraduate music student in Tehran. His works have gained recognition at various festivals and events, including Mixtur Barcelona, the Spectro New Music Center Competition, the Horizon \u00c9tendu Composition Academy scholarship, Unerh\u00f6rte Musik Berlin, the Alfred Schnittke International Composition Competition in Lviv, the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), the Tehran International Electronic Music Festival (TIEMF 2024), the Semaine Internationale de la Musique \u00c9lectroacoustique &amp; de la Cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9, and the Contemporary Music Laboratory at the European University Cyprus and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"kyungjin-lim\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Kyungjin Lim<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-pdf_iframe__page\" aria-label=\"Seite 9\" data-page-number=\"9\">\n<div class=\"textLayer\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyungjin Lim was born in 1991 in Seoul, South Korea. He took his basic musical training in the subjects of piano, music theory and composition from Ms. Sunhee Cho. From 2011 to 2015, he studied composition with Prof. Kyungmee Rhee at the Hanyang University (Collage of Music). From 2018 to 2021 he studied composition (Master of Music) at the HfMDK Mannheim with Prof. Sidney Corbett.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He worked with various ensembles and orchestras, included the Ensemble, for example, Ensemble SONOR XXI, Ensemble DCMF, Ensemble TIMF, Ensemble E-MEX, Two Button Brass, Ensemble Mosaic, Ensemble Resonanz, Motocontrario Ensemble, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Chungbuk Philharmoniker, National Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Symphoniker Hamburg, and the Symphony Orchestra TonArt Heidelberg. In 2019, he received a composition commission from the \u201cSt\u00e4dtische B\u00fchnen gGmbH Osnabr\u00fcck\u201d for his first opera \u201cDas Ebenbild\u201d, which had premiered as part of \u201cSpieltreibe 8\u201d in 2019 by the Osnabr\u00fcck Theater. He also received the publishing house award in the 1st Impronta Ensemble composition competition. His works are published by Impronta Edition UG and Babelscores. Mr. Lim took part in numerous master classes and festivals such as the DCMF (Korea), Composition Masterclass Synthesis (Poland), SCBA (Sweden), Impuls Festival (Austria), She Lives (Hungary), IDEA (Rome) or the Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music (Germany), where his pieces had also performed.<br \/>\n<\/span>Since 2015, he is a general music director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonor21ensemble.com\/\">Ensemble SONOR XXI<\/a> and has been studying composition (Konzertexamen) at the HfMT Hamburg with Prof. Gordon Kampe since 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"yifan-guo\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Yifan Guo<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yifan Guo is a Chinese composer, performer, and intermedia artist who specializes in the innovative exploration of multidimensional music perception experiences, employing both sonic and non-sonic elements in performance. Embracing a range of compositional practices from music theater to acoustic music, electro-acoustic music, sound installation, and intermedia performance, Guo seeks to contribute to the innovative landscape of stage works.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by institutions such as UC San Diego, Yu Long Studio, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Opera House, Parkland Foundation, and AEP-CHINA. Guo&#8217;s artistic endeavors have graced renowned festivals and venues across East Asia, the Middle East, North America, and Europe. Highlights include performances at festivals such as Beijing Music Festival (China), Ticino Musica Festival (Switzerland), Festival Mixtur (Spain), Le Domaine Forget de Charlevoix (Canada), June in Buffalo (USA), and venues such as David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, National Sawdust, Qualcomm Institute (USA), Ch\u00e2teau de Fontainebleau (France), Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall, and the Guangzhou Opera House (China), amongst others.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent projects include <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dancing to My Shadow<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, commissioned by the Guangzhou Opera House (concert version and 90-min theater version, commissioned by the Guangzhou Opera House), as well as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A String-infused Sonic Activity<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a portrait concert, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen to Your Inner Ape<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a theater scoring commissioned by the Drum Tower West Theatre Company.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guo&#8217;s collaborative efforts extend to esteemed ensembles such as the JACK Quartet, Arditti Quartet, Quatuor Diotima, Ensemble l&#8217;Itin\u00e9raire, PinkNoise Ensemble, Alin\u00e9a Ensemble, Vertixe Sonora Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Ensemble Paramaribo, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, and International Chamber Orchestra of America, as well as renowned artists like percussionist Steven Schick and Yongyun Zhang, multimedia artist Shihua Ma, flutist Xiaoyu Lin, clarinetist Vasko Dukovski, violin virtuoso Ruifeng Lin, pianist Han Chen, double bass virtuoso Bowen Qian, soprano Tony Arnold, computer music researcher Zehao Wang and Han Zhang, and lighting designer Shee Hoe Low, among others.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an advocate for contemporary music and music technology, Guo shares his expertise through lectures and workshops at institutions such as the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Xinghai Conservatory of Music, South China Normal University, East China Normal University, and the Guangzhou DaoHe Institute. He also teaches regularly at the X-Institute in Shenzhen.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earned degrees from Mannes School of Music (B.M. with honors) and New England Conservatory of Music (M.M.), Yifan Guo is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego, under the guidance of Michelle Lou. He has also received mentorship from Huang Ruo, Stratis Minakakis, John Maillia, Kaija Saariaho, Jean-Baptiste Barri\u00e8re, Lei Liang, Marcos Balter, Rand Steiger, and Chaya Czernowin. In conducting, he has been mentored by Daye Lin, Bill Drury, and David Hayes. Guo&#8217;s creative works have been recognized with awards such as the Prix Marion Tournon Branly, the Carl Schachter Award, Ise-Shima International Composition Prize, and the finalist of 11th Mivos\/Kanter String Quartet Composition Prize.<\/span><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"nigar-suleyman\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Nigar Suleyman<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nigar Suleyman was born in Azerbaijan in 1999. She studied composition at Baku Music Academy and Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and has written compositions for solo piano, piano trio, string quartet, chamber orchestra, and symphonic orchestra. She has worked with Azerbaijan State Symphonic Orchestra, Cadenza Contemporary Orchestra, and Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble. She has won first prize at the WBM competition (Poland, 2024), first prize in the &#8220;Stars&#8217; project&#8221; (Russia, 2015), and second place prize at the International Jazz Festival (Azerbaijan, 2019). She received a diploma in &#8220;Nizami-romance&#8221;(Azerbaijan, 2021) and has participated in seminars with composers such as Alexander Khubeev, Einnike Leppik, Anton Safronov, and Tammo Summer. Festivals she has participated in have included the Uzeyir Hajibeyli festival (Azerbaijan), Uudislooming festival (Estonia), and the 14th International Tchaikovsky festival (Russia). She has also worked with movie directors that led to composing scores for over ten short movies and two TV series.<\/span><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"aaron-zimmer\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Aaron Zimmer<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aaron Zimmer is a composer dedicated to crafting meaningful and meditative musical experiences. His compositions, performed by ensembles like ICE, JACK Quartet, and Musikfabrik, explore sound, time, and place. As co-founder of Bent Wrench, he champions new music by commissioning innovative works. Also an accomplished performer and audio engineer, Aaron records classical artists in LA, DC, and Baltimore. He holds an M.M. in Composition from Peabody and is pursuing a master\u2019s in Recording Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"tianyu-zou\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Tianyu Zou<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tianyu Zou, is a music producer, and composer who primarily engages with sound, performance, installation, and multimedia practices.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent years, his projects have been featured at festivals, including Liminal (Salzburg), R\u00fcmlingen, and the Lucerne Festival.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"klara-mlakar\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Klara Mlakar<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-pdf_iframe__page\" aria-label=\"Seite 14\" data-page-number=\"14\">\n<div class=\"textLayer\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Klara Mlakar (b. 1999) is a Germany-based Slovenian composer who delves into the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">human voice and the subtle musical structures and capabilities of instruments. Recurring <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">motifs in her music include an exploration of perception and understanding, as well as a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contemplation of the sublime. Her inspiration often draws from diverse sources, including visual arts, poetry and psychology. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She has collaborated with numerous renowned ensembles and organizations, including <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensemble Recherche, Slowind Ensemble, Pony Says Trio, Badische Staatskapelle <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karlsruhe and the Chamber String Orchestra of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">among others. Her pieces have been featured at prestigious festivals, including <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZeitGenuss, R!SK, the Ljubljana New Music Forum, the Taiwan International New Music <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival and the Biennale Chor Aachen. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is pursuing a Soloist Exam in composition at the Karlsruhe University of Music <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Germany), where she previously completed her master\u2019s degree under the guidance of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prof. Markus Hechtle and Prof. h.c. Dr. Wolfgang Rihm. She earned her bachelor\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">degree in composition and music theory at the Ljubljana Academy of Music (Slovenia) in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the class of Prof. Vito \u017duraj.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"alisa-kobzar\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Alisa Kobzar<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alisa Kobzar (*1989, Ukraine) is a composer, multimedia artist, and teacher. A 2014 graduate of the Kyiv National Music Academy, she has lived in Graz, Austria, since 2018, studying Computer Music and Sound Art at the University of Music and Performing Arts. Her multidisciplinary works blend electronic music and sound art and have been performed worldwide. In 2019, she co-founded the duo <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rotk\u00e4ppchen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Lisa Mc Guire, focusing on interactive multimedia compositions. In 2024, she was awarded the Austrian State Scholarship for Composition. More information at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/alisakobzar.mur.at\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alisakobzar.mur.at<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"hannah-a-barnes\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Hannah A. Barnes<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hannah A Barnes is a Montr\u00e9al-based composer, conductor, and performer. Her compositional interests center around thorny harmonies, idiosyncratic and off-kilter materials, and rhizomatic structures. She is concerned with crafting complex music that emphasizes the tension between strict control and austerity and unbridled chaos and expression. Collaboration is essential to her compositional practice.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is currently pursuing a DMus in composition at McGill University after completing Master\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degrees in composition with distinction from DePaul University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"accordion-panel\" data-panel-id=\"eunhye-joo\">\n    <div class=\"accordion-headline\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-headline-inner\">\n            <h4>Eunhye Joo<span class=\"accordion-toggle-btn\"><\/span><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\"><div class=\"ce ce-onecol \" >\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eunhye Joo (*1996, Seoul) studied composition at Hanyang University College of Music and graduated with distinction in 2019. She studied with Prof. Sidney Corbett and graduated with a Master&#8217;s degree at the Staatliche Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim. 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