Se-Lien Chuang

Composer, pianist, and media artist, born in 1965 in Taiwan. Since 1991, she has been residing in Austria.
Her artistic and compositional work spans contemporary instrumental composition and improvisation, computer music, and audiovisual interactivity.

Her compositions have been presented internationally in Europe, Asia, North and South America, including at festivals and conferences such as ICMC, ISEA, NIME, NYCEMF, SMC, TENOR, Audio Mostly, SICMF (Seoul), IAMAS (Japan), and others. She has also participated in numerous international productions, research stays, and lectures.

From 2016 to 2019, she served as a lecturer at the Computer Music Studio, Institute of Composition, Conducting and Computer Music at the Anton Bruckner Private University, teaching computer notation and contemporary performance techniques.

Since 1996, together with Andreas Weixler, she co-directs Atelier Avant Austria, focusing on the development of audiovisual interactive systems, audio/visual real-time and non-real-time processing, computer music, and algorithmic composition.

Andreas Weixler

Born in 1963 in Graz, Austria, Andreas Weixler is a composer specializing in computer music with a focus on intermedia real-time processing.

He teaches at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, as well as in the InterfaceCulture program at the University of Arts in Linz. He is also an associate university professor at the Computer Music Studio (CMS) of the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, where he initiated the intermedia concert hall Sonic Lab.

He studied contemporary composition at the University of Arts in Graz under Beat Furrer, earning his diploma there. His work has been enriched through numerous international projects and residencies. His artistic concepts have led to invitations to concerts, conferences, performances, presentations, and lectures across Europe, Asia, North, and South America.

Together with Se-Lien Chuang, he co-directs Atelier Avant Austria, founded 1981.