Túlio Augusto S. Santos (1983) is a Brazilian composer, guitarist and harmonica player. Túlio holds a Bachelors degree in composition at Universidade Federal da Bahia, Specialist degree on psychoanalysis and Master degree in Composition at Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.  He has studied with Paulo Costa Lima, Sara Carvalho, Fernando Burgos, Wellington Gomes and Agnaldo Ribeiro. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Composition and a MA in Music Teaching at Universidade de Aveiro.
Túlio is founder member of the Associação Civil Oficina de Composição Agora (OCA). The OCA is an institution responsible for realising important cultural projects with national and international significance, for example Música de Agora na Bahia. Túlio actively participates on classical and popular music in Brasil, Qatar, Portugal, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, England, Israel, France, Spain and Denmark.
Currently, Túlio is resident composer at Collegium Musicum Conservatory of Seia (Portugal) and is sponsored by Hohner Brazil Harmonicas since 2013.

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PANG Chun-ting is a Hong Kong composer whose musical interest lies in the production of unstable sounds through the combination of pitch-based and noise-based materials. His recent outputs are characterized by high level of economy with the help of cyclic structure. 

After graduating from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, he was awarded CASH Scholarship for Overseas Studies to further his studies as New England Conservatory. In 2015, He graduated from the Ph.D. program at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York under the support of Dean’s Fellowship and Dissertation Fellowship. His principal teachers include Dr. David Felder, Prof. Malcolm Peyton, Dr. John Mallia, Prof. Mak Wai-chu and Prof. Law Wing-fai. 

Pang has received additional training from renowned composers including Chaya Czernowin, Brian Ferneyhough, Jukka Tiensuu, Raphaël Cendo and Augusta Read Thomas during his residencies at prestigious Royaumont Voix Nouvelles (France), Dian Red Kechil International Young Composers Residency (Singapore), Sävellyspaja (Finland) and Composers Conference at Wellesley College (USA). In addition, Pang has taken part in various composition courses and festivals and this led to performances of his music by various top ensembles such as Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Arditti Quartet (UK), Ensemble Linea (France), Cikada (Sweden), Quatuor Makrokosmos (Switzerland), MATCH Percussion (Australia) and Ensemble Ascolta (Germany). 

His current projects include a percussion duo for Ms. Foo Pui-yee and Mr. Thierry Miroglio.

Sungji Hong’s music has been described as “a work of iridescent freshness” (BBC Music Magazine), “the sound is utterly luminous” (Fanfare Magazine), “it had fantasy, colour and drive” (Nottingham evening post), “outbursts of rhythmic energy” (The Irish Times), and "a virtuoso exploration of the technical and sonorous possibilities” (Daily Telegraph).

She has won the Franz Josef Reinl-Stiftung (1st Prize), the Magistralia (1st Prize), the Seoul Spring Festival Composition Competition (1st Prize), the Jesus Villa-Rojo (1st Prize), the European Competition of the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki (1st Prize), the Temple Music Composition Prize (1st Prize), the Crwth Competition (1st Prize), the international competition for original ballet music at the ISCM World Music Days – Slovenia (1st Prize), the Montserrat International Camera Music Composition Competition (1st Prize), the Theodore Front Prize (IAWM) and the Yoshiro Irino Memorial Prize (ACL).

Her works have been commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation (Harvard University, USA), the Tongyoung International Music Festival (Korea), the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (Korea), the Keumho Asiana Cultural Foundation (Korea), the Foundation for Universal Sacred Music (USA), the International Isang Yun Music Society (Germany) and the MATA Festival (USA). Her music has been performed in over 42 countries and 145 cities throughout Europe, the United States and Asia. Her music has been widely broadcast in more than 17 countries (35 channels) and has been recorded and released on the Soundbrush, Elektramusic, Atoll, Dutton label and by ECM Records. 

Sungji Hong, born in South Korea in 1973, studied composition in Seoul before moving to England where she completed her Master in Music at the Royal Academy of Music in London and a PhD in composition with Nicola LeFanu at the University of York in the UK.

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