COMPOSER BIOGRAPHIES

Andrew Creegan: Toronto native Andrew Creeggan studied composition and piano at McGill University after leaving the ‘pop’ group Barenaked Ladies.  He continues his journey as a musical creator with astonishing variety. He uses the moniker Andiwork for his solo recordings of experimental instrumental music and is releasing “Andiwork V” in June 2023.   Andiwork IV won the ECMA for ‘instrumental album’ in 2022. 

Robin Haigh: Irish/British composer Robin Haigh works internationally with leading orchestras, ensembles, and soloists. His Ivor Novello Award and British Composer Award-winning music has been described as possessing an “idiomatic and unique compositional approach, blending together styles [...] in a way that feels genuine, honest, real” (What is Metamodern? Journal).

Florian Kovacic: Viennse composer Kovacic studied violoncello with Valentin Erben, architecture with Wilhelm Holzbauer and Paolo Piva, and composition with Ivan Eröd, Kurt Schwertsik and Ertrugul Sevsay. He was a Stucco artist in the monasteries of St. Florian, Kremsmünster and Schlierbach. His theatre music, performance, and world music has seen various formations, including: Action Theater Ensemble, Matsune & Subal, Alexander Gottfarb, Die Dreckige Combo, EXPO Shanghai.

Peter Kerkelov: Born in 1984, Peter Kerkelov is a composer possessing ascetic sincerity and profound straightforwardness His works very often cross over the limits of mere sonic games and aim to the fields of philosophy, to those other art forms – elements of which he integrates in his conceptions.

Marshalll McDaniel: After graduating from the UdK Berlin in 2012, he wrote “The Five Minute Orchestra Extravaganza” commissioned by the Kasseler Staatsorchester before returning to Los Angeles. Back home in Hollywood he developed a passion for electronic music and film composition. He worked as a composer’s assistant to Michael Levine, Jeff Rona, and Daniel Licht, helping create the music for The Red Road and Dishonored 2 among many other films and TV shows

Ofer Pinhas: 36-year-old Israeli composer and pianist, Ofer Pinhas, is renowned for his unique blend of classical music and folklore genres, resulting in rhythmic and groove-based compositions that are richly layered and suffused with humor. Pinhas studied at the Buckman-Meta Academy in Tel-Aviv and trained under Yitzhak Sadai and Shimon Cohen. He is the founder of the "Pinhas and Sons" ensemble, which had established itself as a leading group in the Israeli jazz/world-music scene.