Hugo Morales Murguía 
Composer 
At the intersection of traditional instruments, found objects, performance techniques, and technologies, the development of alternative forms of sound generation for musical composition is central to his artistic approach. Hugo Morales Murguía is interested in viewing traditional instruments as cultural artifacts and in inventing instrumental applications for rudimentary objects; the musician is seen as a versatile multi-instrumentalist, a musical performer in his own right. 
After completing his studies at the Center for Research and Musical Studies (CIEM) in Mexico City, he moved to the Netherlands to pursue graduate studies with support from the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (Nuffic), the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), the Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund, and the Podiumkunsten Fund. He holds a master’s degree in musical composition from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, a master’s degree in sonology (with high honors) from the Institute of Sonology in The Hague, and a Ph.D. from the Center for Contemporary Music Practice (CCMP) at Brunel University London. His music has been recognized by organizations and competitions such as: the Mexican Music Council (2003), the Jurgenson International Competition (2007, UK), the Gaudeamus International Music Week (2008, NL), the SPNM Shortlist (2008–11, UK), the International Forum of New Music (2010, MX), Podiumkunsten Fund Composition Grant 2013–14 (NL), “Grand Prix” at the Tokyo Experimental Festival 2013 (JP), Ibermúsicas 2017 (ES), Fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude 2015–17 (DE), and the Willem Pijper Prize 2017 (NL). His works have been performed and commissioned by ensembles such as: The Arditti Quartet (United Kingdom), L’Ensemble Intercontemporain (France), Tal ea Ensemble (United States), Slagwerk Den Haag (Netherlands), Trio G·man (Denmark), Studio for New Music Ensemble (Russia), Vortex Ensemble (Switzerland), the London Contemporary Orchestra (United Kingdom), The Black Page Orchestra (Austria), the Ensemble for New Music Tallinn (Estonia), and many others... He currently lives in The Hague, where he works as a composer and freelance teacher. —www.hugomorales.org

Zosha Di Castri
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A Canadian composer whose works are “bursting with inventiveness” (The New Yorker), Zosha Di Castri currently lives in New York. Her music, performed worldwide, extends beyond concert music to include projects blending electronics, sound art, and collaborations with video and dance. She is currently the Francis Goelet Associate Professor of Music at Columbia University. Highlights of this season include the European premiere of *Hunger* fororchestra and improvising percussionist at the Warsaw Autumn Festival, a work written to accompany Peter Foldes’s silent film of the same name (1973); and*Delve*, a new string quartet written for the Bozzini Quartet, which premiered in New York (TIME:SPANS), Utrecht (Gaudeamus Festival), Montreal (Le Vivier), and Toronto (Soundstreams). 
Zosha will also serve as a mentor to composers participating in Soundstreams’ “Bridges Emerging Composer Workshop & Showcase” in 2026, as well as the Bozzini Quartet’s “Composers’ Kitchen” workshop. Notable premieres from her 2024–25 season include *Noctiluca* forlarge ensemble, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conducted by John Adams, and *TOUCH:TRACE* forpercussionist Steve Schick and the International Contemporary Ensemble, commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation through the Library of Congress. Her debut album, *Tachitipo*, released in 2019 on New Focus Recordings, was critically acclaimed. The title track was nominated for the 2021 JUNO Award for Classical Composition of the Year. Tachitipo hasbeen described as “a masterful work.” Zosha received the Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2023, the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2021, and was one of the first fellows of the Paris Institute of Ideas and Imagination. 

Alec Hall 
Composer 
Born in Toronto in 1985, Alec Hall lives and works in New York as an independent composer. His music explores the nature of acoustic materials within the post-avant-garde musical landscape. Through samples, field recordings, and other representative sound elements, Hall addresses—both conceptually and aesthetically—important non-musical subjects, such as working conditions in China, environmental destruction in Canada, state violence and civil disobedience in the United States, the Internet, animal cognition, (mis)well-being, and many others. The result is a rich body of work that transcends traditional boundaries, comprising instrumental and vocal pieces with or without electronics, orchestral compositions, experimental operas, architectural installations, kinetic installations, and intermedia works. His works have been performed by the Bozzini Quartet, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Ensemble Dal Niente, the Ensemble Proton Bern, the Ensemble SurPlus, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, the JACK Quartet, ICE, Talea, Either / OR, TAK, Wet Ink, Continuum, Ekmeles, Schallfeld, the Mivos Quartet, and by soloists such as Patrick Higgins, Séverine Ballon, and Stéphane Ginsburgh. Hall is the co-founder of Qubit, where he currently serves as artistic director. His work has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Fromm Foundation, the Arts Council of Norway, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Franco-American Cultural Exchange Program, New Music USA, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and Das Land Steiermark. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) from Columbia University and a Master of Arts (MA) from the University of California, San Diego. — www.alechall.info 

Émilie Girard-Charest 
Cellist, composer, and improviser 
Both as a soloist and as a member of various ensembles, Émilie Girard-Charest has participated in more than sixty premieres and collaborated with numerous composers, including Malcolm Goldstein, Steven Kazuo Takasugi, Graciela Paraskevaídis, Pascale Criton, and Thomas Nicholson. Her works have been performed by various ensembles, including L’Itinéraire, Quasar, Zukan, Continuum, Totem Contemporain, and Cairn, as well as in theNO HAY BANDA concert series. She performs regularly in concerts across Canada, Europe, and South America. 
She has several recordings to her credit, including *Intimités* (2022, Ambiances Magnétiques), *Impermanence* (with Violeta García, 2021, Inexhaustible Editions and Tour de Bras), *Enthousiasme viscéral* (with Sergio Castrillón, 2019, Mikroclimat), *Uncanny Valley* (with Marc Vilanova, 2017, audiotalaia), *Émilie préfère le chant* (2016, Ambiances Magnétiques), *Race with time* (with Mart Soo, 2016, Improtest Records), Avec (2016, Kohlenstoff Records), and*Musica in camera* (Quatuor d’occasion, 2014, &records).
Émilie is a graduate of the Montreal Conservatory of Music in cello (Denis Brott’s class) and composition (Michel Gonneville’s class). She also holds a CoPeCo (Contemporary Performance and Composition) Master’s degree from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. She completed her doctorate at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon and at Jean Monnet University in Saint-Étienne under the supervision of Philippe Hurel and Laurent Pottier. Since 2023, she has been a professor of music culture at the CNSMD in Lyon. 
She is the recipient of the Career Development Grant from the Montreal Conservatory of Music Foundation (2014), the Fernand-Lindsay European Composition Prize (2015), and the Robert Fleming Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts (2019). Émilie plays a cello by Angel Alvarez Verde. — www.emiliegirardcharest.com 

Rodrigo Lima 
Composer 
Born in Guarulhos (São Paulo) in 1976, Rodrigo Lima is one of the most prolific composers of his generation. His music has been performed at festivals and concert halls in Brazil, Latin America, Europe, and the United States, including the following festivals: Focus Festival 2017 – Latin American Music, Juilliard School, New York (United States); the 18th World Saxophone Congress and Festival in Zagreb in 2018 (Croatia); the 2011 Europalia International Arts Festival at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam (Netherlands); the 8th “D’aujourd’hui à demain” Festival of Contemporary Music in Cluny in 2009 (France); the 32nd Havana Festival of Contemporary Music in 2019 (Cuba), among others. In 2008, he was composer-in-residence at the 5th International Forum of Young Composers in Paris, with the Ensemble Aleph. In 2015, his work *Antiphonas* for saxophone and ensemble was premiered at the 17th World Saxophone Congress and Festival in Strasbourg. In 2016, the Bordeaux International Arts Festival commissioned him to compose *Txury-ò* (“The Path Where the Sun Goes”) for chamber ensemble, a work premiered by the French ensemble Proxima Centauri. In 2019, Santa Marcelina Cultura commissioned him to compose *Sol a Pino* for orchestra, a work commemorating the 40th anniversary of the São Paulo State Youth Orchestra. In 2021, he was the featured composer at the 28th “Prof. Abrão Calil Neto” National Piano Competition in Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais. He has received major national and international awards, including: First Prize at the 2008 “Iberoamericano Rodolfo Halffter de Composición” Competition (Mexico); First Prize at the 2005 Camargo Guarnieri National Composition Competition, the Funarte Prize for Classical Composition—Rio de Janeiro 2010, and First Prize at the 2009 Camargo Guarnieri Composition Competition at the Campos do Jordão International Festival... He began his musical training in Goiânia under the composer Estércio Marquez Cunha, with whom he studied piano and composition. In 2005, he earned his bachelor’s degree in composition from the Department of Music at the University of Brasília (UNB), where he studied with Sérgio Nogueira (composition), Conrado Silva (composition), David Junker (orchestral conducting), and Jorge Antunes (counterpoint). He holds a master’s degree in Creative Processes from IA-UNICAMP, earned under the supervision of composer Silvio Ferraz. He currently teaches composition at EMESP—Escola de Música do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo State School of Music). Rodrigo Lima is a member of the “Sociedad General de Autores y Editores” (SgAe), based in Spain, and his scores are published by Universal Edition (Vienna), Babel Scores (Paris), and the Brazilian Academy of Music. —www.rodrigolimacomposer.com

Natalia Valencia Zuluaga
Composer 
Colombian composer born in Medellín. Master’s degree in composition from EAFIT University (Medellín, Colombia).
Her body of work includes compositions for small ensembles, large ensembles, orchestra, mixed media, acoustic works, and music for multifocal systems. She has also composed for video, dance, theater, children’s theater, and educational materials—both formal and informal. Notably, she has served as a jury member for the Colombian Ministry of Culture’s National Project Support Program, as a professor of musical composition in the Department of Music at the University of Antioquia’s School of Arts, and as an instructor specializing in musical language at the School of Letters and Humanities at the Metropolitan Technological Institute (ITM). She has been teaching for over 20 years. Her work *Requiem* has been performed by the EAFIT Symphony Orchestra and the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2012, it was performed at the inaugural concert of the John Cage House in her hometown. In 2014, a public performance took place as part of the Medellín Vive la Música Festival. In 2016, her multichannel work *Otra luz* wasscreened at the Museum of Modern Art in Medellín. In 2018, the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra performed her 1987 work as part of the “Music and Reconciliation” series. Since 2014, Natalia has been a member of the group Estados Alterados, where she works as a composer, performer, and backing vocalist. —www.nataliavalencia.com

Daniel Alvarado Bonilla 
Composer 
Born in Bogotá in 1985, Daniel Alvarado Bonilla began his musical training by studying electric and classical guitar. After earning his degree as a performer, he decided to devote himself to composition and chose France to continue his studies. He studied with Edith Lejet, Martin Matalon, and, later, with Stefano Gervasoni at the CNSMDP. In 2017, he enrolled in the composition and computer music program at Ircam. Daniel Alvarado received fellowships from the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Center, the Fondation de France, and the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet de la Vocation Foundation. 
After completing his graduate studies, he collaborated with ensembles and soloists such as Pablo Márquez, Cameron Crozman, the Xenon Saxophone Quartet, the Ensemble Itinéraire, the Ensemble Almaviva, the Ensemble Alkymia, the Ensemble BRuCH, and the Diotima Quartet. His works have been performed in several countries and at prestigious venues and festivals such as the Centre Pompidou, the Lyon Museum of Fine Arts, the Cité de la Voix in Vézelay, the Venice Biennale, the Manifeste Festival, the Scène Nationale d’Orléans, as part of the France-Colombia Year, and on Radio France’s “Création Mondiale” radio program. 
Daniel Alvarado Bonilla was a resident (class of 2023–2024) at the Casa de Velázquez artist residency (AFM—Académie de France à Madrid). In 2024, he joined the SACRe doctoral program in research and creation at PSL University (Paris Sciences et Lettres) in partnership with the ENS and the CNSMD in Paris. Part of his catalog is published by Babel Scores. — www.daniel-alvaradobonilla.com 

The Itinerary 
Ensemble 
L'Itinéraire is one of Europe’s leading ensembles dedicated to contemporary music. Since its founding in 1973, L'Itinéraire has contributed to the emergence of spectral music. Now led by Lucia Peralta, L’Itinéraire performs worldwide and draws on a roster of top-tier soloists whose diverse talents bridge generations and musical practices to push the boundaries of sound. 
Widely recognized as a hub for musical exploration and creation, L’Itinéraire is committed to the creation and dissemination of contemporary music, the transmission of knowledge, and the exploration of innovative formats. 
An internationally renowned ensemble, it collaborates regularly with IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, Radio France, and the CNCMs, and has performed in the United States, China, Mexico, South America, Israel, Japan, and most European countries. — www.litineraire.fr 

Mathieu Romano 
Conductor, L'Itinéraire 
Mathieu Romano places expressiveness and shared experience at the heart of his conducting: uniting the musicians in a shared emotional experience to better convey it to the audience.
Informed by historical research yet focused on a vibrant and intense interpretation, his approach consistently highlights the meaning and emotional power of the musical texts. 
He works equally well with vocalists as he does with orchestras. This versatility, his intimate knowledge of the voice, along with the clarity of his gestures and his attentiveness, allow him to be just as at home on stage as he is in the opera pit.
As an artist perpetually seeking new experiences, his repertoire ranges from Baroque music to contemporary works. He also regularly takes on cross-disciplinary projects: real-time electronic music, film concerts, musical theater, site-specific performances…
In recent seasons, he has collaborated with orchestras and ensembles such as Les Siècles, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, L’itinéraire, the Lille National Orchestra, the Yellow Socks Orchestra, the Pays de la Loire National Orchestra, the Genoa Opera Orchestra, the Republican Guard Symphony Orchestra, Les Frivolités Parisiennes, the Radio France Choir, the RIAS Kammerchor, and the Netherlands Chamber Choir. In the field of opera, he has conducted, among other works, *Breaking the Waves* (Mazzoli) at the Opéra Comique, *Don Giovanni* (Mozart) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and this season is conducting *Orphée aux enfers* (Offenbach) at the CNSMD in Paris and *L’Arche de Noé* (Britten) at the Atelier Lyrique in Tourcoing with Les Siècles. His curiosity has also led him to projects such as *Harry Potter 5* and *7* (a film-concert tour in France and Rome), several productions with L’Itinéraire, and a national tour featuring masterpieces of a cappella choral music with his ensemble, Aedes. With this ensemble, of which he is the founder and artistic director, he performs in the most prestigious music seasons. This ensemble and its rich discography have been acclaimed by audiences and critics alike. For his achievements as an artist, he was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2020.