én aka Pal Tóth[HU]

Én a.k.a. Pál Tóth is a Hungarian sound artist and radio producer living in Budapest. His weekly radio program, “No Wave”, features contemporary experimental and electro-acoustic music, radio art projects, and music from the Hungarian underground, as well as his own "ether concerts" and “rozart mixes” – collage compositions and live music improvised in real-time.

Milan Adamčiak[SK]

Composer, experimenter, and musicologist; creator of acoustic objects, installations; performer, visual artist, poet, and mystifier, Milan Adamčiak was the first in Slovakia to dedicate himself to exploring intermedia arts after absorbing the ideas of Fluxus and John Cage in the mid 1960s, and has remained the foremost exponent of Fluxus in Slovakia.

Ensemble Mi–65[SK]

Mi–65 is an occasional band curated by Carsten Seiffarth and Daniel Matej. The project performs graphic and verbal scores by Milan Adamčiak, an influential fluxus artist from Slovakia, and is dedicated to his 65th birthday. The ensemble is made up of: Daniel Matej, Miroslav Tóth, Edgars Rubenis, Arturas Bumsteinas, and Roman Laščiak.

For its appearance at CTM 2014, Ensemble Mi-65 is joined by several local guest musicians.

Enikő Ginzery is a virtuoso cimbalom player known for her imaginative and innovative style. She was born in Bratislava, Slovakia, and works and lives in Berlin. Her main interest is, however, the interpretation of works of contemporary composers, either for solo cimbalom, or for instrumental groups.

Hilary Jeffery is a trombonist, composer, writer and visual artist. Music has been his main activity since 1990 which started with a journey to the Sahara Desert, accompanied by a trombone. Hilary has recorded and played live with many musicians and groups.

Christopher Williams is a Berlin-based composer, improvisor, contrabassist, and organizer originally from San Diego (California), where he studied at the University of California music and composition. Recordings on Incus, Steady Beat, and Eclipse.

Tony Buck, born in Sydney, is a drummer and percussionist. He graduated from the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, becoming involved in the Australian jazz scene. He is a member of The Necks and leader of Peril. Tony lives and works in Berlin.

Łukasz Szałankiewicz[PL]

Łukasz Szałankiewicz aka. Zenial is a sound designer, musician, curator, and historian now based in Poznań. A fixture in Poland’s experimental and electronic music scene, Szałankiewicz was involved with early iterations of Krakow’s Unsound Festival, and co-founder of net imprint, AudioTong.

Bogusław Schaeffer[PL]

Bogusław Schaeffer (1929) is a prolific composer, musicologist, professor, playwright, and graphic artist. His unconventional, interdisciplinary activities have led to him being viewed as a very controversial figure in the world of new music.

Ernö Király[HU]

The chamber music, symphonies, and electronic music of composer and ethnomusicologist Ernö Király (1919 - 2007) has been largely overlooked in his native Yugoslavia and internationally. However, his interest in folk music, unusual instrumentation, and tape music resonates in the work of esteemed contemporaries, among them CTM 2014 featured artist én aka Pal Tóth.