Chiyoko Szlavnics

Chiyoko Szlavnics is a composer and saxophonist working both in Europe and in Canada. After graduating from the University of Toronto in 1989, she was a member of Hemispheres Music Projects (1992-1997) and 40 fingers saxophone quartet (1994-1998), contributing several compositions to both ensembles. During that period, she studied composition with James Tenney in Toronto. Szlavnics¹ works have been performed at numerous festivals and concerts by ensembles which include Arraymusic, Surplus (Éclat Festival, Stuttgart), Quartett Avance (Darmstadt), and New Music Concerts. Some of these concerts were recorded by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and SDR. Since receiving a year-long Fellowship Grant from the Akademie Schloß Solitude in 1997 (Juror: Christian Wolff), Szlavnics has been based in Berlin, where she continues to work with contemporary ensembles and musicians, with a particular focus on microtonality and just intonation. She has recently become co-artistic director, with Peter Ablinger, of Zwischentöne.