Ivan Zavada

Ivan Zavada is a composer, multimedia programmer and designer who lectures in computer music composition and electroacoustic theory at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. His research focus is on the interactive relationship between image and sound within the realm of electroacoustic music. He is currently developing a computer application to represent and generate melodic motifs in three dimensions based on their geometric properties.

In general, Zavada’s work questions the conceptual nature of music by examining the relationship between concrete sounds on fixed recorded medium and visual elements of abstraction rendered in computer graphics. The combination of sound and image in multiple layers challenges the medium’s representational paradigm with the use of modern technology and makes electroacoustic composition and multimedia applications particularly interesting and significant today. Zavada studied electroacoustic composition at the University of Montreal. He has also composed a number of soundtracks for documentaries and feature films. He is also an accomplished violinist who has performed and recorded with various music ensembles in Canada and United States. Zavada's works have been performed in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, China and North America, and broadcast nationally in Australia, Canada, Germany and United States.