Sergej Maingardt graduated from the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln with an MMus in electronic composition, he received a BEng from the Hochschule Düsseldorf in Media Technology and has an MA in Media and Cultural Analysis from the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. In 2014/2015 he participated in the International Ensemble Modern Academy. The tension between his activities as a composer and as a scientist is an important aspect in his music. His interests are influenced by modern technologies as well as the way they change human perception. In his works he explores the limits of aesthetic principles of contemporary music as well as those of aural cognition.

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