Prof. Rajmil Fischman - Biography  [Compositions]  [Publications]  [Details/Performances]
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	Born in Lima, Peru, 1956, attended musical studies at the National Conservatory of Lima, the Rubin Academy - Tel Aviv University, and York University, UK, where he was awarded a DPhil (1991). Studied composition with Abel Ehrlich, John Paynter and Richard Orton. Obtained a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology (1980). He is Professor of Composition at Keele University, where he established the MA/MSc in Digital Music Technology and the Computer Music Laboratories. Previous roles include artistic director and principal conductor of the Keele Philharmonic Society (1990-1995), Director of Music (1998-2000), Music Technology programmes director (2001-4). Currently he is Director of Music Technology Research and Director of Postgraduate Studies. Became a director of the Composers’ Desktop Project (CDP) in 1988. He is member of Latin-American Sonic Arts Network (RedASLA), the Peruvian Circle of Composers (CIRCOMPER) and Sonic Arts Network, UK.
His main research activities focus on acoustic, electronic and time-based media composition, with particular interest in the establishment of aesthetic links between electronic and non-electronic sound and the integration of inter-cultural materials into coherent musical expression; sonic Arts theory and analysis; creative software development.