Manolis Ekmektsoglou Website Biography Manolis Ekmektsoglou studied composition in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece with Dimitri Papageorgiou and in the University of York (PhD) with Thomas Simaku. He also spend a year in Hannover studying acoustic and electronic music (Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover), with Professors Ming Tsao, Gordon Williamson and Joachim…
Karen Keyhani Website Biography (b.1979) belongs to the new movement of contemporary music in Iran; a movement that has its roots as much in the Persian classical music as in Western contemporary classical music. As a composer and Santour player Karen has been inspired by contemporary and classical poetry as well as traditional music. Karen’s…
Elke Swoboda Biography Collaborations with Yarava As RKC Jury RKC 2022 Elke Swoboda was the head of the jury for the 7th RKC (2022). RKC 2021 Elke Swoboda served on the jury for the 6th RKC (2021).
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…