Mesias Maiguashca Website Biography Born in Quito, Ecuador, the 24th of December, 1938. Studied at the Conservatorio de Quito, the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.), the Instituto di Tella (Buenos Aires) and at the Musikhochschule in Cologne. Productions in the Studio for Electronic Music WDR (Cologne), the Centre Européen pour la Recherche Musicale (Metz),…

Ali Gorji Website Biography (born 1978) studied composition and music theory in Bremen (Germany), after taking composition lessons by Alireza Mashayeki and piano lessons by Farimah Ghavamsadri in his hometown Tehran. He teaches composition at the music institute of the university of applied sciences in Osnabrück and lives as a freelance composer in Berlin. Collaborations…

Electronic Department Director

Joachim Heintz WebsiteElectronic Department Director Since 2017 Biography After studying literature and art history, Joachim Heintz began his composition studies in 1995 with Younghi Pagh-Paan and Guenter Steinke at the Hochschule fuer Kuenste, Bremen. He composes for instruments and electronics, concerts, installations and performances. With his software instrument ALMA he has improvised with many musicians…

Senior Art Advisor | 2nd RKC Jury

Sara Abazari Biography Sara Abazari is a composer and music pedagogue. Her work focuses on the musical analysis of different historical periods and the examination of the relationship between music and society. Her compositions have been performed at Musik-Triennale-Köln, Musikfest in Siegen, Tehran-Berlin Travellers and traiect ii, a.o, and by ensembles such as unitedberlin, Musikfabrik…