Juraj Kojs is a Slovakian composer, performer, multimedia artist and
producer permanently residing in the US. Juraj’s creative and research work reaches
to the areas of music at the threshold of hearing, action-based acoustic and
electroacoustic music, cyberinstruments created with physical modeling synthesis,
tactile music, native instruments from central Europe, contemporary concert music,
dance music, interactive audio-visual performance, muscle-powered multimedia, music
with everyday objects and toys and graphic notation. Miami New Times described his
muscle-powered multimedia Neraissance as “striking and unforgettable.” Juraj is a
co-founder of Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts (FETA) based in Miami,
FL. He holds a PhD. in Composition and Computer Technologies from the University of
Virginia, having taught at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, Denmark, Yale
University and University of Virginia. Kojs currently teaches courses in the Audio
Production Department at Ai Miami International University of Art and Design and
University of Miami. www.kojs.net
