Anna Arkushyna was born 1989 in Lutsk, Ukraine. Graduated from Kyiv Special Music College in 2009 (Music Theory department, Composition-class by prof. Alla Zagaykevych) and from National Music Academy of Ukraine in 2014 (Composition-class by prof. Yevhen Stankovych). In 2017 she completed the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Composition-class by prof. Beat Furrer). Since 2015 till 2019 Anna was student at the IEM Graz, class by prof. Marko Ciciliani and prof. Daniel Mayer. Since 2020 she is a student of composition-class by prof. Franck Bedrossian in the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.
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Anna is participant in workshops of composition by P. Billone, A. Posadas, C. Iannotta, G. Staebler, S. Newski, M. Andre,
R. Cendo, A. V. Gorne, J. Reis,  also took lessons with D. Kourliandski, C. Bauckholt, S. Gervasoni. 
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She is finalist of the composer's competition “Step to the Left-4” (St.-Petersburg, 2011), third-price-winner of the “Pre-art composer’s competition” in Switzerland (2017). Anna was also finalist of the “Ö1-Talentebörse Kompositionspreis 2020” in Austria. In 2021 she was awarded with "Musikförderungspreis der Stadt Graz". She was selected for the Cursus Program on Composition and Computer Music 2022/2023 in IRCAM, Paris.
 
Her music is widely performed during the many festivals and projects in Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Holland, Austria, Croatia, Chile, Mexico, Lithuania, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland by ensemble Musikfabrik, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, Airborne Extended, Cantando Admont, Nostri Temporis, Amsterdam Collage Ensemble, Ensemble Spectrum, Kwartludium, Pre-Art-Solisten, MozArt Sinfonietta Salzburg and many others.

Kronos Quartet is David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello).

http://kronosquartet.org/

Here you will find our recordings of new work commissioned for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire. Released over five years beginning in 2016, this collection of 50 compositions by 25 men and 25 women from around the world will be devoted to the contemporary approaches to the string quartet and designed expressly for the training of students and emerging professionals. Scores and parts, audio recordings, composer interviews, and many more resources are available for free on our website.

Founded over forty years ago, we are a San Francisco-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. For more recordings, please visit http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/kronos-quartet or http://kronosquartet.org/recordings Thank you!

​Tobias Krebs (*1993) is a Swiss composer and classical guitarist. After having studied from 2012-2017 at the Hochschule für Musik Basel (CH) with Michel Roth (composition) and Stephan Schmidt (classcial guitar), he continued his studies at Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium in Aarhus (DK) with Simon Steen-Andersen, Niels Rønsholdt (both composition) and Frederik Munk Larsen (guitar) in the Master for Contemporary Music. His works include performances for various solo instruments, small and larger ensembles, choir, orchestra and music for theatre.
His pieces have been performed by ensemble recherche, ensemble proton bern, Ensemble Phoenix Basel, Ensemble neuverBand, Concept Store Quartet, Calvino Trio, Gyre Ensemble, Zürcher Kammerorchester, and by soloists such as Marcus Weiss and Pablo Márquez.

Pia Palme is a composer and performer of contemporary music, experimentalist, producer and researcher.

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airborne extended was founded in 2013 and is a Quartett for contemporary music consisting of the instruments harp, harpsichord/keyboard, flutes, recorders/Paetzoldflutes, with and without electronics and performance. The unusual combination of these instruments gives airborne extended the possibility to create a wide range of new sounds and colours that inspires both composers and the public all over the world. 
 
 Elena Gabbrielli – flutes	|  www.elenagabbrielli.com  
Sonja Leipold – harpsichord/keyboard	 | www.sonjaleipold.net  
Caroline Mayrhofer -  recorders/Paetzold | www.caroline-mayrhofer.net 
 Tina Žerdin – harp | 	www.tinazerdin.com

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