Juraj Kojs

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I was born (in 1976) and raised in Slovakia. I am a composer, pianist, and educator. My studies in piano and composition started in Slovakia and later continued in the US.

Currently a Ph.D. candidate in Composition and Music Technologies at the University of Virginia, I study composition with Judith Shatin and Matthew Burtner. As a visiting lecturer in interactive performance and computer sound related classes, I joined the faculty of Medialogy Department at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, Denmark for the academic year 2004/2005.

In the year 2005, my works were included at forums such as Sonoimagenes (Buenos Aires, Argentina), International Computer Music Conference (Barcelona, Spain), Gaudeamus International Music Week (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), and SCI National Conference (North Carolina).

Interest in discovering new acoustic worlds and involving technology in composition processes is reflected in my music. I am a member of SOFIA (Sonorities of Interactive Acoustics) and MIAMI (Medialogy Interactive Acoustics and Multimodal Interfaces) groups that specialize in interactive audio-visual performance and research. This summer MIAMI gave a presentation at Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria and a concert in A4 Zero Space in Bratislava, Slovakia.