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8dio is a company specialized in advanced deep-sampling of music instruments - developed by Academy Award Winning composer, Troels Folmann. 

8Dio products are featured in the majority of current blockbusters (ex. Avatar, James Bond, Interstellar, Dark Knight Rises, Transformers, District 9), TV-shows (ex. Game of Thrones, Dexter, CSI, NCIS) and video games (ex. Overwatch, Diablo 3, Madden, Starcraft 2, Mass Effect 3, Need For Speed series) and used by many of the highest profile artists, composers and top 40 producers in the industry.

8Dio is the largest deep-sampled instrument catalogue in the world from the new generation Orchestral Products, Hybrid Scoring Tools to the best sounding Epic- and Angelic Choirs, from industry standard Epic Percussion series to beautiful Solo Voices from around the world, from gorgeous Tuned Percussion to custom made instruments.

Welcome to the Signature Series.

The key signatures of music are kind of like the signs of the zodiac.

If you take all the music in a given key, you’ll discover certain characteristics —﻿ characteristics that can define your personality.

Which key are you? http://bit.ly/whichkeyareyou

The Signature Series was originally produced for CBC Radio 2's In Concert by http://www.soundcloud.com/paolopp with Denise Ball.

Tuff Steppas is a Budapest based producer duo of Don_Miguel and Chimpifon, two veteran musicians of the Hungarian reggae scene. Their production is heavily influenced by the pioneers of Jamaican dub and digital music.They started their works in 2015 at their regular base, Little Zion Studio with the aim of creating versatile and quality conscious dub-reggae music. By combining the modern recording techniques with vintage analouge gears and instruments, they create a genuine and original sound.
Tuff Steppas believe in the unifying power of reggae music, so they always keep looking for new collaborations. So far they have worked together with upcoming and major international artists like Chezidek, Micah Shemaiah, The Gideon, Mowty Mahlyka, Juba Lion, Kingfa Redd, Medison Hart, Gregory G Ras and more.
Their first album called 6 million ways to dub will be released by Batelier Records in July 2016 with ten fresh and unique tunes on it.

https://akirakosemura.com/
Akira Kosemura (he/him) is a composer and pianist hailing from Tokyo, Japan. He is a prolific artist, constantly releasing solo albums and composing music for films, TV drama, games, stage, and commercial music.

Akira founded his own label Schole Records early on after his solo album It’s on Everything released in 2007 while he was still in school. In 2017 and 2018 Akira’s music was ranked in Spotify’s “Most Played Japanese Artists/Songs Top 10”, and his works have been highly acclaimed on media around the world, including US music media Pitchfork, Australian newspaper THE AGE, French public broadcast FIP, and Canadian public broadcast Ici Musique.

Akira’s major score works include Fragments of The Last Will by Takahisa Zeze, the Cannes 2020 featured film True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru) directed by Naomi Kawase, Hollywood produced drama series Love Is__, the Nintendo Switch game Jack Jeanne produced by Sui Ishida, the TBS drama series Chugakusei Nikki, the contemporary ballet piece MANON, and the Japan Pavilion in Milano EXPO. His music pieces were also featured in the Amazon original movie Jonas Brothers’ CHASING HAPPINESS, the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion awarded director Audrey Diwan’s debut film Mais vous etes fous (Losing It), and the Toho movie Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare.

In recent years, he has worked on projects in different media such as SK-II STUDIO’s documentary The Center Lane (featuring Rikako Ikee), directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, the runway music for a collection from apparel brand TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The Soloist., as well as music for LA MER BLUE HEART, LAND ROVER, and L’OCCITANE. Akira has also co-produced a song with American musician Devendra Banhart.

In addition to his versatility and diverse portfolio, Akira has been working on a world scale. In 2022 he signed a contract with prestigious Decca Records, and the EP Pause (almost equal to) Play was released worldwide. Akira’s music was also sampled in John Legend’s song “The Other Ones feat. Rhapsody” included in his new album Legend Act I & II. And Akira’s first major album SEASONS was released on Decca Records (UMG) on June 30, 2023.

Klassik und Jazz erfreuen sich immer größerer Beliebtheit. UNIVERSAL MUSIC Stars wie etwa Anna Netrebko oder Till Brönner unterstreichen diesen Trend und sind beste Beispiele für den Erfolg des umfassenden Engagements auf diesem Gebiet. 

Neben der intensiven Arbeit sowohl mit jungen Talenten als auch mit etablierten Künstlern entwickelt UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLASSICS & JAZZ als Marktführer in den jeweiligen Genres kontinuierlich neue, innovative Marketing- und Promotion-Strategien, um alternative und zeitgemäße Zugänge zur facettenreichen und spannenden Welt von Klassik und Jazz anzubieten. Die Unit baut hierfür nicht nur junge Künstlerinnen und Künstler auf und begleitet sorgfältig und verantwortungsvoll ihre musikalische Entwicklung, sondern sorgt vor allem auch kontinuierlich für die Erschließung und Pflege neuer Zielgruppen. Mit grenzüberschreitenden Projekten wie der „Yellow Lounge“, die Klassik an ungewöhnlichen Orten präsentiert, oder auch dem „Verve Club“, der die ganze Vielfalt des Jazz präsentiert, leistet UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLASSICS & JAZZ hier und auf manch anderem Gebiet seit langem wertvolle Pionierarbeit. Diese und weitere Aktivitäten bringen die unendliche Vielfalt der Genres einem stetig wachsenden Publikum näher, das musikalische Entdeckungen als Bereicherung seines Lebens zu schätzen weiß.

Anthony Joseph Lanman is an active and passionate musician that divides his time between composing, performing, teaching and advocacy for new classical music.

As a composer, Anthony creates music that reaches general audiences as well as new music connoisseurs. Embracing influences that range from progressive rock and metal, to medieval and renaissance music, to jazz, to new classical, Anthony strives to create a sound that is his own. He has written for ensembles and soloists around the world.

Recent commissions include – E.G.S./A.J.L. for guitarist Matthew Cochran, Hear Us! for children’s choir and string ensemble commissioned by Otter Creek Middle School, Automaton – a concerto for 8-string electric guitar and percussion for Clocks In Motion, The Rag and Bone Shop – a song cycle for baritone and piano trio for Brian Lewis and David Small commissioned by the University of Texas Butler School of Music, Rush – a quartet commissioned by the Music Teacher’s National Association and the Indiana Music Teacher’s Association, Hommages for Piano, Book 2, for Holly Roadfeldt, and Damselfly – a duo for 8-string electric guitar and percussion for Kyle Lutes.

Anthony’s performing career began in high school while singing and playing electric guitar with his touring progressive band Canvas. His principle instrument changed to classical guitar during his undergraduate years at University of Texas at Austin where he studied with Adam Holzman. Through his graduate study at Indiana University he added renaissance lute and theorbo to his instrumental arsenal, studying with Nigel North. He has performed with the University of Texas New Music Ensemble, the University of Texas Early Music Ensemble, the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, the Indiana State University Wind Ensemble, and Clocks in Motion. He has also performed many concerts of solo and chamber music.

Anthony’s advocacy is life-long. In the nineties, he hosted a contemporary classical music radio show on KVRX in Austin, Texas. In the 21st century, he promoted fellow Indiana University composers through a web presence on Mp3.com (now defunct); created Guitar Heroes, a weekly presentation series in Second Life; and produced more than 100 episodes of his ongoing music-centric podcasts All the Cool Parts and the 1,000 Recordings Podcast. He has appeared as a guest on Soundnotion, Composer Quest, Classical Guitar Insider, Goes 2 Eleven, and The Portfolio Composer.  His new podcast 1 Track focuses on the music of the contemporary classical world.  In addition, he has exposed thousands of new listeners to contemporary classical composers by sharing this music to his more than 400,000 followers on Soundcloud.

Anthony has held several positions at multiple universities and colleges, as well as K-12 public schools. In 2016, he held an adjunct position at Butler University in addition to teaching choir and music at West Vigo Middle School. He holds a BM in composition from the University of Texas, and an MM and DM in composition from Indiana University.

Anthony currently resides in Bloomington, IN with his wife Jenna and their cats Silas and Bod.

Pavla Švestková - mezzosoprán

Absolvovala Pražskou konzervatoř u profesorky Yvony Škvárové. Studovala autentickou interpretaci barokní hudby na mezinárodních kursech ve Valticích
pod vedením P. Holden (GB) a prof. J. Kotouče. Vystupuje na mnoha koncertních a festivalových pódiích v Čechách i v zahraničí. Účinkuje též
v literárně hudebních představeních s herci P. Špalkovou, K. Špráchalovou, V. Zawadskou a dalšími. V roce 2013 vychází její první CD s názvem Music of Love, na kterém zpívá písně autorů L. Janáčka, B. Martinů, A. Dvořáka. Na druhém CD (2015) mohou posluchači slyšet písně F. G. Lorcy a španělské flamenco tance. Je držitelkou ceny Euro Pragensis Ars 2015 udělenou Masarykovou akademií umění za interpretaci barokních koloraturních partů.

Gabriela Kubátová - housle

Gabriela Kubátová hraje na housle od šesti let a získala řadu cen v soutěžích uměleckých škol. Po maturitě na gymnáziu pokračovala ve studiu
houslové hry na Pedagogické fakultě UK v Praze ve třídě profesora Jiřího Tomáška, které ukončila v roce 2000 absolventským recitálem v Sukově
síni Rudolfina. Během studií obdržela kromě jiných soutěžních ocenění diplom za vynikající interpretaci Sonáty pro housle a klavír Leoše Janáčka. Od roku 1997 veřejně koncertuje doma i v zahraničí- Pravidelně spolupracuje jako sólistka s předními českými sbory v dílech B. Martinů, J. Temla,Z. Lukáše, J. Málka
aj. V roce 2004 ukončila doktorské studium na Pedagogické fakultě UK v Praze,
kde v současné době působí jako odborná asistentka.

Renata Machačová – viola

Absolventka pražské HAMU. V době studia se zúčastnila řady soutěží i zahraničních hudebních festivalů, kde se představila i jako sólistka (Bayreuth, Bonn, Norimberk 1979). V souborech Canticum Pragense a Camerata Pragensis hrála na historické nástroje. Vystupovala v rámci večerů Lyry Pragensis. Založila trio In Camera Caritatis (flétna, viola, violoncello). Trio se prezentovalo úspěšným CD, natáčelo Chvilky hudby v Čs. televizi. Byla vedoucí viol v orchestru Komorní opery Praha. V současnosti je členkou Opery Národního divadla v Praze. Je dlouholetou členkou a sólistkou souborů: Orchestra Puellarum Pragensis, Solisti di Praga, Pražští komorní sólisté. S nimi podnikla řadu
zahraničních zájezdů, uskutečnila četné rozhlasové a televizní nahrávky.

Orsolya Bartoš-Vági – violoncello
violoncellistka maďarské národnosti. Studovala na Akademii Ference Liszta
v Budapešti u profesora Istvána Csurgay V letech 2008 - 2009 studovala Hudební a divadelní akademii v Göteborgu. Od roku 2010 až do současnosti je zástupkyní koncertního mistra Plzeňské filharmonie a pravidelně hostuje v řadě orchestrů (Český národní symfonický orchestr, Pražský komorní orchestr, Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinů, Budapešťský symfonický orchestr, Dunajský symfonický orchestr). Dále vystupuje se smyčcovým kvartetem Gli archi di Praga
a se smyčcovým triem Ensemble Grazioso.

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