Composer

Alisa Kobzar is a composer of instrumental, electroacoustic, multimedia and interactive works. Her artistic practice focuses on multimedia composition, human-computer interaction, shared instrument design, motion tracking systems, and machine learning in artistic contexts. Since 2018 she has been studying and conducting artistic research at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics(IEM), University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG), where she also works as research assistant in interdisciplinary artistic research projects. Since 2019 she is co-founder of the multimedia duo rotkäppchen (with dancer and choreographer Lisa Mc Guire), creating interactive performances combining dance, electronic music, visuals and HCI systems. Her works have been performed internationally in Ukraine, Austria, Germany, Poland, Norway, Romania, Czech, Portugal, Italy, France, USA, Japan, Switzerland, Greece, UK, and other.

Education

• 2023–Jan 2026 MA (with distinction), Computer Music & Sound Art University of Music and Performing Arts Graz – Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics
• 2018–2023 BA (with distinction), Computer Music University of Music and Performing Arts Graz – Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics
• 2016–2017 Video Editing Director & Color Grader ProCut Postproduction School, Kyiv (Ukraine)
• 2009–2014 Bachelor of Arts (with honours, 2013), Master of Music Arts (with honours), Composition & Musical Informational Technologies Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine
• 2005–2009 Junior Specialist Diploma (with honours), Music Theory & Teaching Kherson Music College (Ukraine)

Artistic Residencies

• 2023 Electronic Music Studio, Akademie der Künste Berlin (Germany)

• 2023 RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion (Oslo, Norway) - sponsored by Ulysses Journeys international program

• 2016 Gaude Polonia Residency scholarship, Electronic Music studio in Kraków (Poland)

Teaching

• 2024–present Tutorium Computer Music & Sound Art IEM / KUG (Graz)
• 2023–present Piano / E-Piano teacher, iVi (Graz)
• 2017–present Private teaching: composition, music theory, electroacoustics, multimedia art, programming, piano. Preparatory courses for the University studies in Computer Music and Sound Art.
• 2011–2019 Composition, instrumentation, music theory, ear training in Kyiv music schools (#12, School of Art #2) and summer academies (Ukraine and Poland)

Guest lectures and presentations at:

• TU Berlin (2023) – “Creative implications of interactive technologies in my praxis”
• RITMO Centre, University of Oslo (2023) – presentation of artistic research Interaction models underpinning the rotkäppchen process
• NOTAM (2022) - presentation of artistic research (Iterative multimedia co-creation)

Scholarly Achievements (Conferences, Publications,Presentations)

• MusiQue student peer reviewer of the quality enhancement of the music high school’s study programme.(Lübeck 2026)
• Invited speaker for the discussion on Digital Humanismus within the STS 2025 conference at the ESC Medienkunstlabor
• Presentation of artistic research „Compositional tools and creative output – composer’s perspective“ at the conference „Ukrainian Cultural Diplomacy and Musical Creation 2014-2024“ (Prague, 2024)
• Artistic presenter at international conferences, including Audio Mostly 2020, AIMC (AI Music Creativity) 2021, xCoAx 2021, DACA (Data Art for Climate Action) 2022,
• Poster presentation at the 6th International Cultural Mediation Symposium (St. Pölten, 2023)
• Organisation committee member: AIMC 2021, Audio Mostly 2020
• Project curator and manager of „ROOMS“ - a collaborative educational project between „Vymiriuvach“ in Ukraine and IEM in Graz (grant for Insternational collaboration by House of Europe)
• Research presentation at RITMO(Oslo)at UiO - RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion : Interaction models underpinning the rotkäppchen process
• Regular contributor to artistic research documentation (video documentation of the Sonify! Festival of artistic research at KUG , individual projects’ documentations - see in the Video section below.)

Quality Assured Publications

• Kobzar, Alisa; Mc Guire, Lisa. A Letter to Humboldt – Climatologically Informed Multimedia Co-Creation.Proceedings of the Conference on Data Art for Climate Action,2022.
• Kobzar, Alisa; Brands, Benedikt; Drack, Valerian; Leitner, Jakob; Groß-Vogt, Katharina; Amon, Clemens. The Anthropocene Maze – An Interactive Listening Experience of our Ecological Footprint on Selected Habitats.Proceedings of the Conference on Data Art for Climate Action, 2022.
• Aska, Alyssa; Kobzar, Alisa; Kremser, Alexander; Maierhofer-Lischka, Margarethe; Pozzi, Daniele. As If They Were Flowers. xCoAx Proceedings, 2021.

Other Publications

• Kobzar, Alisa. „Influences of computer music tools on my composition“. Master’s thesis, Computer Music and Sound Art, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz, 2026. https://phaidra.kug.ac.at/o:137153.
• Kobzar, Alisa. Sound Object. Bachelor Thesis, Computer Music, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz, 2023. https://phaidra.kug.ac.at/o:128342/.
• Kobzar, Alisa. MULTIMEDIA-KO-KREATION: Subjektive Analyse des Interaktionsrahmens des Duo rotkäppchen.Poster, 6th International Cultural Mediation Symposium, 2023.
• Kobzar, Alisa. Press REC. Swap Space Project Catalogue, 2022.
• Kobzar, Alisa. Multimedia-Chemie. freiStil, July–August 2022.
• Kobzar, Alisa. ROOMS – For Your Ears. Sounding Futures, 2024.

Ensembles that Performed Her Music (selection)

• Wiener Concert-Verein (chamber ensemble, string orchestra)
• Schallfeld Ensemble
• Ensemble Zeitfluss
• Ensemble Reflexion K
• Musikfabrik
• airborne extended
• Seven Circles
• LaKT Ensemble
• Nostri temporis ensemble
• trio-generator Berlin
• AlterRatio vocal ensemble

Performances In (selection)

• Artistic contribution to the Symposium by CEFRES (Sorbonne University) „Women’s Resistance, Art and Cultural Diplomacy“ 2024
• Artistic contribution with Olivia McGilchrist to Société des arts technologiques [SAT] L’expo virtuelle du Symposium iX 2021 - Son & Immersion
• Musikprotokoll / steirische Helbst 2024
• Ultima Festival 2023
• Klangspuren Schwaz 2025
• Provinzlärm Festival 2021, 2023
• New Generation X (ZKM) 2023
• Impulse Festival 2023
• Elevate Festival 2022
• ECLAT Festival / Musik der Jahrhunderte 2018
• GEIGER MARSFEST, Göteborg 2018
• Klangmanifeste Festival 2021
• Festival Sonnenpark St Pölten 2022
• Crossroads Festival 2021
• festival Musik Installationen Nürnberg 2025
• Tempo Reale 2018
• Salzkammergut 2024 festival
• ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste 2025
• 17th edition of MERIDIAN International Festival – ATLAS (November 6-13, 2022 – Romania)
• ISCM - International Society for Contemporary Music as a representative of Austria
• Prix Russolo 2020/21 edition - acousmatic performances in Italy , France, Japan, UK, Czech republic, Switzerland, Portugal, Greece
• Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival (New York) 2020
• ChampdAction (Antwerp ) 2020
• Projecto DME festival (Portugal) 2017

Recent Highlights (performances)

• 2025 – Premiere of Departures for string orchestra, Wiener Concert-Verein, Vienna Musikverein (Brahms Saal) & Portugal tour
• 2025 – Cassandra v.1.0.3025 augmented soundwalk, Skulpturenpark Graz
• 2025 - Cassandra’s Dreamscape at the festival Musik Installationen Nürnberg
• 2025 - Cassandra: Stones and Echoes in KULTUM
• 2024 - Projections in Helmuth-Liszt Halle Graz msuikprotokoll
• 2024 – Echo & N.N. at Kultum Graz
• 2024 – Ghost Cities at next_generations Festival @ ZKM Karlsruhe
• 2023 – Floating Pointers (D) at Ultima Festival (Oslo)

Membership

• IGNM (Austrian Section)
• ÖGZM (Austrian Society for Contemporary Music)
• mur.at
• Seven Circles
• Voice of Culture NGO (Ukraine)
• Creative Sensor NGO (Ukraine)

Video / Multimedia Practice

• artistic research documentation - Sonify! Festival of artistic research KUG - 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025;
• documentation and production of the artistic research projects by the Doctorate students of KUG: Elina Akselrud, Lorenzo Orsenigo, Deok-Vin Lee, Melody Chua,
• conference video production (DACA, Audio Mostly),
• ROOMS production/ post-production of tutorial videos,
• 360° video & ambisonic sound production (Welcome to IEM, Christina Kubisch’s Electromagnetic walks project, Bill Fontana’s Sonic Projections)
• “WISSENSBASIS” video tutorial series for mur.at (Series 2 and 3) (production and post- production)
• Live-Video performances for the pieces by Sinan Samanli ( „ALIVE“ 2025, „Possession“ 2018)
• Videomapping and live video operator for the doctoral multimedia project by Antonis Rouvelas „RefleX“-2025
• As a part of rotkäppchen duo : live sound and live interactive multimedia art together with dance Lisa McGuire (Austria, Germany, Norway)

Other Relevant Work Positions

Student Assistant (SMA) at KUG:

• FWF project Inter_agency
• Video archive
• Quality management department
• Swap Space research project
• Competition office (video editing - Anna Kull Cello Wettbewerb, Franz Schubert and Modern Music) Project curator and organisation committee member:
• AIMC – Conference on AI Music Creativity
• Audio Mostly – Conference on Interaction with Sound Sound Direction Regular collaboration since 2017 with contemporary music ensembles:
• airborne extended
• Seven Circles
• Latenz
• between feathers Roles: sound direction, electronics, a/v documentation and postproduction.

Performance practice

Since 2014 (Ukraine and Europe) Computer music performer: solo and as a part of ensembles 2009-2017 (Ukraine) Several solo recitals as a pianist. Numerous concerts as a concertmeister and member of chamber ensembles (especially connected with the teaching and charity contexts) Performance practice of contemporary music - project-based (singing, found instruments, DIY instruments)

Awards, Prizes, Distinctions

2024 Austrian Federal State Scholarship for Composition (Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport – Section IV Arts & Culture) 2020/2021 Final of the Prix Russolo 2020/21 edition ————-

Profile

• composer
• multimedia artist
• interaction designer
• programmer (sound, visuals, interdisciplinary)
• game developer
• motion capture technician/artist
• sound director, assistant
• video artist, filmmaker
• video editing director, color grader
• electronic music performer
• teacher
• sound designer
• project curator, project manager

Fields of interest

• Multimedia composition
• Human-computer, human-to-human interaction for multimedia compositions
• Shared multimedia instruments’ design
• Programming (sound, visuals) for multimedia compositions
• Game development for multimedia projects
• Motion capturing for multimedia compositions
• Machine learning and sound/multimedia composition