Rafal Zapała /composer, improviser, sound artist/ assistant professor at Composition Dept., he also works at Studio Muzyki Elektro-akustycznej Akademii Muzycznej w Poznaniu (SMEAMuz Poznan). phd of music composition Zapała does not recognise any boundaries between music acquired through academic education, experience of the counterculture and collaborating with artists from other fields of art. His music was presented at contemporary music festivals, jazz clubs, experimental music venues and open, public spaces. He graduated composition (PhD) and choir conducting (MA). Participant of K. Stockhausen Concerts and Courses (Kurten), Acanthes Courses (Metz, with IRCAM, T. Murail and B. Furrer), P. Oliveros, A. Lucier (STEIM Amsterdam), Z. Karkowski and others. Artist-in-residence at Stanford University–CCRMA, Świętokrzyska Philharmonic, Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik ZK/U Berlin, Rävemåla Residency Programme. Founder and head of an_ARCHE NewMusicFoundation and many ensembles (contemporary, improvised, electronic music). His concept of Live Electronic Preparation (LEP Technique) is published at Oxford Handbook of Interactive Audio (Oxford University Press, 2014). Author of Sensorium – huge, immersive sound installation based on biofeedback data sonification. Sound Designer of The Polish national exhibition Post-Apocalypsis (awarded the Gold Medal of the 13th Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space festival – Sound Design category). References (on-line): – www.zapala.com.pl – http://vimeo.com/user10381852 – http://www.youtube.com/user/rafalzapala – http://www.polmic.pl/index.php?option=com_mwosoby&id=527&view=czlowiek&lang=pl