The Different Hearing Team

Olomouc

a composer, musicologist, pedagogue
he studied composition at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno and at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz, musicology at Masaryk University in Brno
he has composed operas, orchestral and chamber pieces and written texts focused on 20th-century music
he teaches at the Music Education Department of the Faculty of Education of Palacký University in Olomouc, where he initiated the launch of the Different Hearing programme, which he is still leading
contact: vit.zouhar@upol.cz

a pedagogue, chorus master, musical instrument builder
he studied at the Faculty of Education of Palacký University in Olomouc (teaching of the pupils of the 2nd grade of primary schools and students of secondary schools, specialisation: Czech and Music Education)
from 1994 to 2001 he taught Czech and music, and served as chorus master of school choirs at Olomouc primary and secondary schools
currently, a lecturer of music education didactics at the Music Education Department of the Faculty of Education of Palacký University
contact: jaromir.synek@upol.cz

a flautist and pedagogue
she studied Theory and Performance of Early Music at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno and Teaching for 2nd Grade of Primary Schools (music education and German) at the Faculty of Education of Palacký University in Olomouc
from 1997 to 1999 she taught the fipple and transverse flute at the Primary Arts School in Letohrad, in 2002-2004 taught German at the Language Preparation Centre of the Faculty of Education of Palacký University in Olomouc
currently a lecturer of music history and theory at the Music Department of the Faculty of Education of Palacký University in Olomouc
contact: gabrielacoufalova@centrum.cz

a pedagogue, German teacher
she studied Music Education Teaching for Secondary Schools (Faculty of Education) and History (Faculty of Arts) at Palacký University in Olomouc and received a doctorate in Music Theory and Pedagogy
currently a lecturer of music history and 20th–century music at the Music Department of the Faculty of Education of Palacký University in Olomouc
contact: gabriela.vsetickova@gmail.com

a composer, performance artist, theoretician, pedagogue
he gained a master’s degree and doctorate in composition studies at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno
he teaches composition and theory of composition. From 2002 to 2008 he served as Dean at the Faculty of Music of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, since 2010 president of JAMU
he has composed more than 50 orchestral, chamber and electro-acoustic pieces
co-founded Ars Inkognita and Ensemble Marijan
contact: medek@jamu.cz

a composer, performance artist, pedagogue
she studied composition at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno
she has created numerous compositions, worked as a “composer in residence” in Werkstat Graz
a member of Ensemble Marijan
co-founder of the composers’ associations HUDBABY and Multi-Art
contact: marketacomposer@email.cz

a composer, solo instrumentalist and creator of special percussion, string and wind instruments
he studied at the Brno University of Technology (nuclear and heat machines and equipment), at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno (percussion, composition and theory of composition)
he has composed more than 60 chamber, orchestral and electro-acoustic pieces
a founding member and artistic director of the DAMA DAMA Central European percussion ensemble and the KONVERGENCE duoE
contact: damadama@email.cz

a composer (pseudonym: Peter Graham), pianist, musicologist, author of specialist articles and pedagogue
he studied composition at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, from 1993 to 2009 a dramaturge of the Exposition of New Music festival in Brno, currently teaches composition at JAMU
he has composed several dozen orchestral, chamber, piano and experimental pieces
contact: graham@jamu.cz

a performance, conceptual and multi-media artist, painter, psychologist
works for the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, the University of Technology in Brno and the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno (teaching multi-media composition)
a curator and organiser of art festivals (Medzi, Billboart Gallery Europe)
contact: fajnor@jamu.cz

pianist and composer
she studied composition at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno and piano at Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
she is a laureate of international piano competitions and sought-after interpreter of contemporary music
she is a member of Ensemble Marijan and founding member of ISHA trio
contact: info@saramedkova.cz

a composer, musician (guitar, computer), improviser, visiting professor of sound design at the Donauuniversität Kremsms
teaches Digital Audio at the FH Joanneum Graz, until 2002 he led the “Klangnetze” programme in Graz and Carinthia
he co-founded the Different Hearing/Anders Hören programme

a flautist, improviser, pedagogue, studied the transverse flute at the Musikhochschule in Vienna
co-founded the “böszen salonorchesters” for contemporary music performance, experiments with the transverse flute’s sonic possibilities
a “Musikerin in residende” within the 10th Komponistenforum in Mittersill

a composer and pedagogue, studied composition at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz with Peter Michael Hamel and Gerd Kühr
has written compositions not only for common formations but also electro-acoustic and electronic music for theatre, dance theatre and film
he teaches algorithmic composition at the Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik Graz and focuses on combining music with other arts