Konrad BOEHMER was born in 1941 in Berlin. He studied composition with Gottfried Michael Koenig (1959-61) and philosophy, sociology and musicology at the University of Cologne, writing his doctoral thesis on the theory of open form in new music (“Zur Theorie der offenen Form in der neuen Musik”, 1966). From 1961-1963 he was active at the electronic music studios of the WDR (West German Broadcasting Company) in Cologne. In 1966 he moved to the Netherlands and worked until 1968 at the Institute of Sonology at Utrecht University. He then became music editor of the Dutch weekly newspaper Vrij Nederland and in 1972 professor of music history and new music theory at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where since 1994 he has been director of the Institute of Sonology.In the 1970’s and ‘80’s he was repeatedly guest professor at the “Latin-American Courses for Contemporary Music”, as well as extensively in the USA and Europe. - His composition “Information” was presented with the Dutch AVRO-award (1966) and the electronic work “Aspekt” was awarded the first price of the Vth Paris Biennale in 1968. His music drama “Doktor Faustus” was awarded the Rolf-Liebermann prize in 1983. In 1985 the City of Rotterdam awarded him the “Pierre-Bayle-Prize” for his writings on music and musical life.
Nebraska. She has degrees from the University of Colorado and Boston University, and her principle teachers were Charles Eakin, Joyce Mekeel, and Bernard Rands. Marti was a fellow in composition at the Tanglewood Music Center in 1986 and 1988 and worked with Oliver Knussen and Hans Werner Henze. As a result of her association with Henze, she was invited by the City of Munich to compose her puppet opera, Hero und Leander, for the 1992 Munich Biennale for New Musik Theater. She was on the jury for the 1994 Biennale.
She also studied Gagaku with Suenobu Togi at the University of California in Los Angeles. Following receipt of her undergraduate degree in literature in Tokyo, Hiroko earned a Master's degree in composition and conducting from the California Institute of the Arts and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in composition at Harvard University. One of her most recent performances was in Halifax, England, directed by Shakuhachi virtuoso Elizabeth Bennett. Ito's current interest includes a composition for an ensemble using non-western instruments and European orchestral instruments. She is also working on a reference addressing problems and issues associated with composing and performing works for such an ensemble. The project with CrossSound satisfies her strong interest in the topic. She is currently writing a dissertation, while teaching at Asahi Gakuen in Los Angeles. She is also an active performer of Gagaku in Southern California.
für Tonkunst Darmstadt,” first on piano, then on cello, and later in composition and theory. She also studied ear training with cord Meijering. In 1996 she passed her Abitur (the equivalence of A-levels) at the “Lichtenbergschule Darmstadt” and began to study composition at the “Meistersinger-Konservatorium Nürnberg” with Volker Blumenthaler resulting in such pieces as “Streichquintett 1997” (String quintet 1997) for two violins, viola, violoncello and double-bass and “Fünf Wutfetzen” (Five scraps of fury) for piano solo (1998). From 1997-98 she also studied philosophy at the “Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.” Obermüller participated in “Tage Neuer Musik 1999” (Festival of Contemporary Music) in Nürnberg with the first performance of her Mini-Opera “Mein Name ist Urlappi” (My name is Urlappi). Since then she has written “...incalzando...” for cor anglais and organ (1999/00); “Musik für Blockflöte, Harfe und Cembalo” (Music for recorder, harp and harpsichord) (1999/00); “Five scents of RED” for orchestra (2000); and “Einseitige Dialoge” (one-sided dialogues), three songs based on poems by Gabriele Strassmann for mezzosoprano and piano (2000). 
composition with Hans Werner Henze. He contributed to Henze's "Alternative Cultural Projects". Inspired by experiences there, he developed his own projects such as "Der Kinderkreuzzug" for the Opera of Cologne. In 1994 Stefan Hakenberg was accepted into a Ph.D. program at Harvard University where he studied with Mario Davidovsky and Bernard Rands. Other grants and fellowships brought him to the summer festivals in Tanglewood, Aspen, and Fontainebleau, to the artists' colonies "The MacDowell Colony" in New Hampshire, "Yaddo" in Saratoga Springs, and the "Atelierhaus Worpswede" in Lower Saxony. The Endowment for the Arts in North-Rhine Westfalia has sponsored his work repeatedly. Amongst the presenters of his music are the "Arcadian Winds" from Boston, the "Ensemble Phorminx" from Darmstadt, "The New Millennium Ensemble" from New York, the "Bangkok Saxophone Quartet," "Duo Contemporain" from Rotterdam, "UnitedBerlin," the "Heidelberger Sinfoniker," and the "Gürzenich Orchester der Stadt Köln," conductors like Jeffrey Milarsky, Morris Rosenzweig, Richard Pittman, George Tsontakis, Johannes Stert and Markus Stenz, and soloists like Phoebe Carrai, Xiaolian Dai, Aeri Ji, Woongsik Kim, and Changyuan Wang. His compositional output includes works for a wide variety of media, from solo chamber music to stage works to multimedia installations. His composition "Like Juicy Peaches" has been interpreted in a video by Theo Lipfert first shown at the Art Frankfurt 1999. Lipfert and Hakenberg have last developed the video into an interactive computer kiosk which was first shown at Galery Metroarts in Salt Lake City. Of particular meaning in Hakenberg's artistic development are both composing in collaboration with amateurs, and the integration of players from the folk music world or of non-western background. His music has been described as "highly original," "dramatic and memorable," and "creating strong musical expressions in a densely contrapuntal style." 
College Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Michael Rosen. He pursued additional study at London's Royal College of Music, Rice University, the Aspen School of Music, and Yale's Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. In addition, he holds a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Case Western Reserve University. An avid composer, his Percussion Quartet No. 1 was premiered by the Oberlin Percussion Group in 1996. Two new works, Totems I (a trio for three, five octave marimbas) and Manhatta for solo percussion and film (using an instrument built by metal artist David Balog and Paul Strand's landmark film Manhatta of 1928), will be premiered in 2000. Since 1996, he has been the assistant curator of musical arts of the Cleveland Museum of Art, where he produces some 70 concerts a year. Among his many pastimes are sea kayaking, hiking, chess, gardening, and traveling. He is married to Kirsten Docter, violist of the Cavani String Quartet.
