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Julia Mihály (*1984) works in the field of contemporary music, performance and electroacoustic music. She connects her voice with live-electronics using various kinds of controllers like wii remote, gamepads or usb cameras to modulate her sound. Related to this Max/MSP has become her mother tongue. Furthermore field recordings and the use of analog synthesizers mark substantial components in her electroacoustic compositions.

The crossover of different music styles is probably the most distinctive feature of her music. Together with the colleagues of her former ensemble, called [-+] without additives NO STARS BIG BAND, she created the most bone-crunching, gut-ripping and brain-melting music imaginable, influenced by wi†ch house, minimal and zombie jazz. Since 2012 she is part of the Electronic-Duo CLUBbleu, that links its influences from electroacoustic music with elements of Electronica, Industrial and Death Metal. Besides this she collaborates regularly with other musicians, composers and New Music ensembles.

Julia Mihály studied classical singing and electronic composition at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, and completed her studies with workshops at the ZKM Karlsruhe, STEIM Amsterdam and the International Summer Courses for New Music Darmstadt.

She received an artist-in-residence scholarship at the Atelier Klangforschung (Studio for Sound Research) at the University of Würzburg. She has also been awarded numerous scholarships and prizes, including the International Music – Scholarship by the Art Foundation of North Rhine – Westphalia and the first prize of the Stockhausen Foundation for Music. In 2014 she has been selected to participate the Composer Performer Workshop at the International Summer Courses for New Music Darmstadt.

Julia Mihály is a board member of the German Society for Electroacoustic Music (DEGEM), works for the DEGEM Webradio@ZKM and is a member of the Society for New Music Frankfurt (fgnm).

* [© photo: IMD 2014, Daniel Pufe]

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