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Marek Choloniewski

Marek Choloniewski (Poland) studied organ (with L.Werner), theory of music and composition (with B.Schaeffer) at the Krakow Academy of Music, where since 1976, has been employed on the faculty of the Electro-acoustic Music Studio (currently as an Assistant Professor of Composition). In 1977 he founded Cracow Society of Contemporary Music - Muzyka Centrum, largely engaged in concert work. In 1986 together with Krzysztof Knittel and Piotr Bikont M.Ch. co-founded Freight Train a jazz-rock multimedia contemporary band. He is founder of Studio MCH, co-founder of: the Studio CH&K (together with Krzysztof Knittel), doubleMark duo (with Mark Polishook), CH&K&K group (together with Krzysztof Knittel and Wlodzimierz Kiniorski) and mc2 duo (together with Marcel Chyrzynski) which deals with concert and recording activities. Since 1987 he has been giving concerts, workshops and lectures in Europe, USA, Canada and South Korea. In addition, in 1986, he founded his own annual International Concert Series called "Audio Art" which presented the most important artists and achievements in "sound art" from all over the world. A world renown lecturer, composer, "live computer music" performer, and author of audio-visual computer projects, Choloniewski writes instrumental and computer music for theater, film and radio. He is initiator and artistic director of Audio Art Festival and International Workshops for New Music Cracow/Stuttgart (together with Matthias Hermann). In-between 1993 - 1999 he was an artistic director of the International Academy for New Composition and Audio Art in Schwaz (Austria). Since 2000 he is director of the Electro-acoustic Music Studio of the Cracow Academy of Music. Founder of projects ArtBoat and GPS-Art. Cofounder of Bridges project.

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Amy Knoles

Amy Knoles (USA) has headlined on major festivals throughout the world. She was the recipient of the "UNESCO International Prize for the Performing Arts-2000", was the 1996 ASCAP Foundation "Composer-in-Residence at the Music Center of Los Angeles", and received the1999-2000 "Individual Artist Fellowship Award" from the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Dept. to create the evening length work "2x10x10x10+1", received the 2002 "Composer in Residence" Grant from the American Composers Forum, and is the recipient of the 2001 Lester Horton Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Original Music for Dance". Amy is the Executive Director of the California E.A.R. Unit, she also works/has worked with the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, Basso Bongo, John Cage, Don Preston, Frank Zappa, Morton Subotnick, Steve Reich, Tod Machover, Flea, The Paul Dresher Ensemble, Quincy Jones, Ensemble Modern, The Bang On A Can All Stars, and many others. Recent solo recordings: "2x10x10x10+1"- Echograph 0101-2, and "Men in the Cities" - Echograph 9801-2.