Juraj Kojs is a composer, performer, multimedia artist and producer from Slovakia. In May 2008, Juraj received his PhD. in Composition and Computer Technologies from the University of Virginia's McIntire Department of Music. In September 2008, Juraj joined the faculty of the Department of Music at Yale University as the Postdoctoral Associate in Music Technology and Multimedia Art. Juraj's research and music areas of interest include cyberinstruments by physical modeling synthesis, everyday objects, Slovak folk music instruments, sounds on the threshold of hearing, and interactive electroacoustic composition. Juraj is a founder of Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts (FETA) and cofounder of the ensemble SofIA: Sonorities of Interactive Acoustics. He organizes 12 Nights, a monthly series of Computer Music and Art at the Harold Golen Gallery in Miami, Florida.
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| News: Media |
Favorite Sites
- Miami New Times presents Neraissance: Muscle-powered Multimedia Art the Best of Award 2010 for Art Performance. Read more here.
- Train60 on What If? New Media New Music New England.
- Recording, score, and documentation of At And Across to be released on Computer Music Journal DVD 2009 (CMJ 33:4).
- Article The Language of Action and Cyberaction-based Music: Theory and Practice is out at Journal of New Music Research. Download it here.
- Train60 to be included on FEASt Appetizers CD. Miami, Fl.
- DVD release of Matthew Burtner's Signal Ruins (Juraj performing the piano part) on EcoSono Records.
- Concealed for flute and electronics published by SCI Journal of Music Scores
| News: Events 2010 |
- November 10-13: performs Revelations, Percussion Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis, IN.
- July 24: Víctor Béjar performs Aiael's Gold for tenor sax and electronics. Sound and Music Computing, Barcelona, Spain.
- July 17: organizing 12 Nights III:Haptic and Non-Tangible. Featuring Chikashi Miyama and Jorge Variego. J. Variego premieres Re-route for bass clarinet and electronics. GAB Gallery, Miami, FL.
- July 16: premiering Sounding Times program with SofIA, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL.
- June 12: organizing 12 Nights III: Miami Experimental. Featuring Fridamusiq and P-D-M-D. Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL.
- June 1-5: rrrrr and E-clip-sing performed at International Computer Music Conference, NYC and Stony Brook University, NY.
- May 22: organizing 12 Nights III: From the Middle of the Earth to Carmen. Contemporary video works by contemporary composers. Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL.
- May 7: performing with Paula Matthusen and Carl Testa at Uncertainty Music Series, Never Ending Books, New Haven, CT.
- April 29: Train60 at AXIOM Center for New and Experimental Media, Hartford, CT.
- April 25: performing with Bill Solomon, Chris Cerrone, Adrian Knight, Anne Rhodes, Carl Testa, Anne La Berge, Scott Petersen and Brian Kane at Erector Square, New Haven, CT.
- April 24: performing with Chris Cerrone, Adrian Knight, Anne Rhodes, Carl Testa, Anne La Berge, Scott Petersen and Brian Kane at The Big Room, New Haven, CT.
- April 21: Margaret Lancaster and Yale Gamelan premiere Doorways for flute/piccolo and Javanese gamelan. Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
- March 27: Susan Fancher performers Aiael's Gold at New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, NYC.
- March 20: IKTUS Percussion Quartet performs Touch Music I, Issue Project Room, NYC.
- March 19: IKTUS Percussion Quartet premieres Touch Music I, Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, NYC.
- March 13: spinning the Russia project at the Wynwood Project Space, Miami, FL.
- March 10: organizing 12 Nights III: Out in the Air. FLEA, Paula Matthusen and Juraj Kojs. In front of the American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL.
- March 4-7: premieres of Neraissance: Muscle-powered Multimedia Art. Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Carnival Studio Theater. Miami, FL.
- March 3: Atticus Brass Quintet premiers Travnica I. Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
- February 20: Michael Straus performs Aiael's Gold at CNMAT, University of California at Bekley.
- February 13: Michael Straus performs Aiael's Gold at Uncertainty Music Series, Never Ending Books, New Haven, CT.
- February 12: performing with Michael Straus, Andrew Greenwald, Richard Johnson, Paula Matthusen, Scott Petersen and Brian Kane at IBEAM, Brooklyn, NYC.
- February 6: organizing 12 Nights III: Michael Straus. New Music for saxophones, electronics and video. Michael premiers Aiael's Gold for tenor sax and electronics. Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL.
- January 23: organizing 12 Nights III: 60*60 Project, Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL.
- December 4-6: organizing and performing at Silence, Beauty and Horror Festival, Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL.
- November 25: invited talk, New World School of Arts, Miami, FL.
- November 21: organizing 12 Nights II: Larry Moore and the UM's Electronic Muisc Ensemble. Venue TBA, Miami, FL.
- November 14: invited talk, FEAST Festival, Miami, Fl.
- November 14: Jorge Variego performs In Secret for clarinet and electronics at the FEAST Festival, Miami, Fl.
- November 11: invited talk, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
- November 6: performing All Forgotten for piano and electronics at Third Practice, Richmond, VA.
- November 5: performing with Paula Matthusen and the UVA composers, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA.
- November 4: invited talk, Mannes College: The New School for Music, New York City.
- October 24: organizing and performing at 12 Nights II: Bolts, Screws, Pipes and Electronics featuring Kasia Glowicka, Henry Vega, David Dean Mendoza, Mirjana Petrovic and Juraj Kojs. University of Miami's CAS Gallery, Miami, FL.
- October 23: organizing with Paula Matthusen 12 Nights II: Elliott Sharp and the FLEA, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL.
- October 18 and on: Train60 + original photo on Tracelab's Phono Photo, Paris, France.
- September 28: Jorge Variego performs In Secret for clarinet and electronics at the College of Charleston School of the Arts, Charleston, SC.
- September 19: organizing 12 Nights II: Profiles: Mark Snyder. University of Miami's CAS Gallery, Miami, FL.
- September 13-20: Jewel for acousmatic media to be performed at Musica Viva's Sound Walk Project, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisabon, Portugal.
- August 18: performing All Forgotten for piano and electronics at ICMC 2009 in Montreal, Canada. Check out a snippet from the performance here.
- August 13: giving a talk. Music Innovators' Series, Dartmouth Department of Music, Hanover, NH.
- August 1: organizing 12 Nights II: Electroencephalogram, Images, and Sounds. University of Miami's CAS Gallery, Miami, FL.
- July 25: Jorge Variego performs In Secret for clarinet and electronics at Fondo Nacional De Las Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- July 10: organizing 12 Nights II:Electric cello, k-bow, and computers. Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL.
- June 24- July 1: Research trip to Cuzco, Urubamba Valley, and Puno region in Peru.
- June 17: Xenia Pestova premieres XeXiXa, a piano miniature at The Unitarian Church, Montreal, Canada.
- June 13: organizing 12 Nights II: Profiles: Fred De Sena. Wynwood Social Club, Miami, FL.
- May 24: performing with Paula Matthusen and Katarzyna Glowicka at the LOOS Foundation, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
- May 19: performing with Paula Matthusen at Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- May 18: performing with Paula Matthusen at NLHspace, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- May 12: giving a talk and performing with Burcin Elmas and Paula Matthusen at Istanbul Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey.
- May 11: giving a talk with Paula Matthusen at the Academy of Musical Arts in Prague, Czech Republic.
- May 9: performing with Paula Matthusen and Laura Mello at Staalplaat, Berlin, Germany.
- April 30: Spencer Topel performs Lord That Giveth Strength for violin and electronics, Dartmouth College, NH.
- April 25: organizing 12 Nights II: Profiles: Jaime Reveles. Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL.
- April 24: Karisa Werdon performs In Secret for oboe and electronics at a Electronic Music Concert Series. University Recital Hall, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
- April 19: Karisa Werdon performs In Secret for oboe and electronics at her Doctoral Recital. University Recital Hall, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
- April 15: There He Stayed. Yale College New Music: Choral Fest. Yale University, New Haven, CT.
- April 2-4: performing at New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival with SofIA; presenting a talk, performing piano and electronics pieces of V. Ivanova and J. Bolte and attending performance of In Secret for oboe and electronics with Karisa Werdon on oboe. The City University of New York, NYC.
- March 20: organizing 12 Nights II: Computerized Clarinet. Featuring Jorge Variego, clarinet and bass clarinet. Music: Fidemraizer, J. Kojs, J.W. Park, K. Penderecki, J.P. Sain, and J. Variego. Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL.
- March 14: organizing 12 Nights II: Modern Dance and Electronica. Featuring Bistoury Contemporary Dance Ensemble and dancer/choreographer Heather Maloney. Music: F. Wow, J. Kojs and J.C. Espinosa. Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL.
- February 27: presenting At and Across at Guthman Musical Instrument Competition. Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, GA.
- February 21: Laura Wilcox performs Lord That Giveth Strength for viola and electronics, 2009 New Music Miami ISCM Festival, Miami, FL.
- February 20: performing At and Across at Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts in Minneapolis, MN.
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