Vladimir Korac (b. 1986, Serbia) is a composer of acoustic and electro-acoustic music. 
He graduated from the Department of Composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, in the class of Prof. Srdjan Hofman and completed his Ph.D. studies at the same department in the class of Prof. Zoran Erić.
Works by Korać have been performed across Europe and at festivals such as ISA Prague-Vienna- Budapest, Izlog suvremenog zvuka, Vienna International Saxfest, International Review of Composers, Sarajevo Sonic Studio, World Saxophone Congress, etc.

I was born 3.000 years ago in a dense forest at the end of the world. Unconsciously I lived together with ancient empires and after so long I’m starting to notice the unsettling people’s footprints on my Earth. That’s why I decided to get out of my comfort zone and reveal myself before your eyes. And keep looking for life experiences, desires, perception, love, friendship and above all the hope of a happy existence, no matter how long or short it is.

Fortunately

the space time continuum

is relative.

Juan Pablo Orrego Berríos, born in Santiago de Chile, is a chilean composer, singer-songwriter and sound artist. 2007 he obtained a degree in music composition at the Universidad de Chile. He studied there mainly with Pablo Aranda and Cirilo Vila. 2007-2009 he was scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and studied composition with Caspar Johannes Walter at the Stuttgart University of Music. 2016 he graduates as Master of Arts Composition & Music Theory at the University of Music Basel, where he studied with Caspar Johannes Walter and Jakob Ullmann. His works have been performed both in Chile and abroad, and he has also participated in numerous artistic projects, including “Klangtaucher – Klingende Interventions im Rheindüker” as part of the “ZeitRäume Basel” biennale for music and architecture (Switzerland, 2015); “Desde fuera del Centro” (From Outside the Center), commission and premiere of “Cumpleaños, music for toys”2 (Quebrada de Herrera, Chile, 2013); “Community in Progress – Allmonde (Episode 4)” with Kevin Rittberger and Alain Badieu (Theater Basel, 2016) and “Música para cuerdas pulsadas” (music for plucked strings), commissions for several guitar pieces (Chile, 2019). Between 2002 and 2010 he was member of the Folk-Rock Band “Bombyx Mori”, with whom he released 2 albums: “Bombyx Mori” (2002) and “Jardínes Sintéticos” (2006). 2009 founder and co- editor of the Chilean music publisher figura ediciones musicales. He currently lives in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

Founded in 2016 in St. Petersburg, {instead} ensemble is active in various facets of contemporary music.

The ensemble mainly explores three directions of musical activity: discovering and performing new music; compositions of mostly late 20th century (historical direction); collective improvisation. Our line-up is flexible to reflect the ideology of a given project., featuring musicians of various backgrounds (contemporary classical&experimental music, improvisation, live art performance etc.), which in turn influences the repertoire.

We have participated in concerts within the SoundArtLab project of the Baltic branch of State Contemporary Art Centre, the Fifth International St. Petersburg Cultural Forum, Musical Evenings at the Academy of Art, Sound Around Kaliningrad.

The ensemble has performed at various venues in St.Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Minsk, Moscow, Gdansk, and Hamburg, together with musicians such as Danil Akimov, Yaroslav Zemlyansky, Vladimir Kanatchikov, Darya Ponomareva, and joined the St. Petersburg Improvisers Orchestra to perform Spatial Composition № 3 by Vladimir Gorlinsky.

The composers whose works have been premiered by {instead} ensemble include Anatoly Korolev, Daniil Pilchen, Svetlana Lavrova, Artur Zobnin, Ivan Abramov, Elina Lebedze, Dmitry Timofeev, Elizaveta Akbalkan, Alexandra Korableva, Oleg Gudachev, Natalia Solovieva, and Dmitry Shchukin.

SOUND TRAVEL RADIO is focusing on independent, experimental and improvised  music. 
IMPROV THE WORLD series is aimed to discover sound experiments created in various corners of the world.

composer, improviser
Contact:
mehdi.hesamizadeh@icloud.com

Hi! I’m Luis. I’m a music teacher and composer with a passion for contemporary music, especially when it comes to exploring the voice and media together. My latest research dives into the idea of the voice as an "augmented instrument".
I've been lucky enough to study with some amazing composers and musicians like Tomás Gilabert, Andrés Valero-Castells, Enrique Sanz-Burguete, José María Sánchez-Verdú, Alejandro Román, Henrique Portovedo, and Beat Furrer. A huge influence on how I see music has also been Dr. Michèle Dufour, who really shaped my way of thinking.You can also find some of my work on YouTube. I'd love to share ideas, so feel free to reach out!

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