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Christof Ressi is an Austrian composer, arranger, programmer and multimedia artists. As a composer, he works in various fields of music such as contemporary classical, jazz, dance/theater or experimental electronics. Besides writing instrumental music, he has a keen interest in interactive live-electronics and audio-visual art and is currently working on an extended series of pieces exploring various aspects of video game programming. He arranges music for all kinds of ensembles and instruments, including big band and orchestra. Together with clarinet player Szilard Benes he regularly performs as a duo, playing both audio-visuals compositions and improvisations. His music has been performed all over the world, such as Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Mexico, Japan, China, UK, USA and South-Africa. He has won several prizes and his computer music work has been featured at international conferences such as „klingt gut! symposium on sound“ in Hamburg or „NIME – new interfaces for musical expression“ at Virginia Tech. He has been part of the artistic research project „GAPPP“ (www.gappp.net) at the IEM in Graz.