Michal Rataj Michal Rataj Prague Michal Rataj (born 1975) is composer, performer and sound designer based in Prague, Czech Republic. He composes mainly electroacoustic and chamber or orchestral instrumental music and receives performances throughout Europe and in the USA and broadcasts worldwide. Recently he has been active as real-time performer of his acousmatic music and he gives sound performances alone or with different music partners within a wide range of genres from sound art through contemporary jazz. He was commissioned by Swedish Radio, WDR, Czech Radio, Czech Television, Prague Philharmonia and Tonspur Vienna among others. Rataj is associate professor of electroacoustic music at the Academy of Performing Arts and at the NYU in Prague. He studied musicology (Charles University, Prague) and composition (Academy of Performing Arts, Prague) with prof. Ivan Kurz and prof. Milan Slavický. He also went to study in Egham (Royal Holloway University of London, UK) and Berlin (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Universität der Künste) and as a Fulbright Scholar he conducted research in Center For New Music And Audio Technologies at University of California, Berkeley, CA in the academic year 2007 - 2008. He has worked as a radio producer at the Czech Radio since 2000, where he has produced over 100 original radioart works with artists from around the world. He was a member of the EBU Ars Acustica Group, his music has been broadcast worldwide and performed throughout Europe and in the USA. Michal Rataj’s tracks Music From Nothing for marimba and ensemble by Michal Rataj published on 2022-01-02T19:59:03Z BEAMS for flute solo and electronic sounds (Monika Štreitová on flute) by Michal Rataj published on 2021-01-06T06:03:01Z Movis by Michal Rataj published on 2020-04-08T17:21:41Z Long Sentence II by Michal Rataj published on 2019-06-24T22:24:23Z Small Imprints by Michal Rataj published on 2019-06-24T22:15:48Z Sonata (Almost Silent) for piano by Michal Rataj published on 2018-12-12T14:53:23Z Corde Lingua Voce (2006) for saxophones, organ and gregorian choir by Michal Rataj published on 2018-11-07T18:01:52Z Elementary Me (Monika Streitová - flute, 2013) by Michal Rataj published on 2018-10-29T22:33:01Z Temporis for cymbalom solo and large orchestra by Michal Rataj published on 2018-08-19T08:42:47Z Spatialis for ensemble and live electronics by Michal Rataj published on 2018-08-19T08:39:47Z
BEAMS for flute solo and electronic sounds (Monika Štreitová on flute) by Michal Rataj published on 2021-01-06T06:03:01Z
Corde Lingua Voce (2006) for saxophones, organ and gregorian choir by Michal Rataj published on 2018-11-07T18:01:52Z
