Maya Dunietz. Photo by Dana Dunietz

Maya Dunietz is a composer, performer and sound artist performing internationally for the past twenty years. Her work blurs the boundaries between music, visual art, performance, technological research and philosophy. Dunietz has been commissioned by renowned performers and ensembles and has created site-specific sound-performance works for institutions such as the Palais de Tokyo Paris, Arnolfini in Bristol, the Center For Contemporary Art Tel Aviv, the Reykjavik Arts Festival and many more.
Dunietz also performs regularly around the world, playing free improvisation and has played with numerous artists such as Zeena Parkins, Ghedalia Tazartes, John Tilbury, David Moss and Steve Noble, to name a few.
In 2015 she was guest professor at CalArts LA as part of the Schusterman residence programme. She received the Prime Minister Composers award in 2015. For Contra Pop 2016, Dunietz performs her new solo work for voice and small instruments, 'Then Release into the Ocean'.