Experience an evening of real-time composition in movement and sound with musicians Haggai Cohen Milo and Amir Milstein and movement artists Olivier Besson, Sara June and Liz Roncka.

AMIR MILSTEIN, a graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, and the New England Conservatory in Boston, established his career in the world-music scene, founding acknowledged ensembles such as Bustan Abraham and Tucan Trio with which he has recorded and performed worldwide. His musical background represents a variety of styles and cultures including classical, jazz, Mediterranean and Latin music. As a flutist, he has recorded and collaborated with artists such as Zakir Hussein, Tito Puente, Ross Daly, Omar Farouk Tekbilek and Mikhalis Nikoloudis, among others, and has participated in distinguished concert venues and festivals worldwide, both as a player and as a composer. He has also collaborated with several choreographers, with whom he has composed for modern and flamenco dance groups, as well as film scores. He currently teaches at the New England Conservatory and Northeastern University.

HAGGAI COHEN MILO is already a known name in the international music scene. Mr. Cohen Milo, currently operating from Berkeley, CA, brings exotic flavors to his music from his native middle east country, Israel. In both his compositions an in his playing, there is a contemporary mix of sound between east and west. His group the Secret Music Project, that features his personal musical sound and vision, has performed in some of the most important festivals around the world including the Aspen Music Festival, the Atlantic Jazz Festival (Canada), Boston First Night and many more. Mr. Cohen-Milo first gained international recognition when he won the First Prize in the International Ensemble Competition in Belgium 2006. In the same year, Cohen Milo was also awarded the DownBeat Magazine Music Awards and the grand prize at the Fish Middleton Jazz Soloist Competition held in Washington, DC. As a Composer, Cohen Milo has composed the score for two full enough feature films,  Intimate Enemies (2008), by the internationally known Mexican director Fernando Sariñana and SPAM (2009) by the director Charlie Gore. Cohen Milo released his debut album in January 2007 under the prestigious record label “Fresh Sound - New Talent”. The album received enthusiastic reviews in the US and in Europe. Cohen Milo also recorded with different artists for Warner Music, Sunnyside Records and more. With a fast growing touring career, Cohen Milo has already performed on some of the most important stages around the world, including Carnegie Hall and Birdland (New York), Getxo International Jazz Festival (Spain), The Jazz Station (Belgium) and Rome Music Festival (Italy), to name a few.   Cohen Milo graduates in 2009 from the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he studied with such masters as Danilo Perez, Bob Moses, Jamey Hadad and Jerry Bergonzi.

OLIVIER BESSON is an improviser/choreographer who hails from France and is based in Boston. In the period from 1980 until the mid 90's, Olivier studied Contact Improvisation with Robin Feld, Nancy Stark Smith, Lisa Nelson and Andrew Harwood, and Improvisation / Real Time composition with Julyen Hamilton. During that time, he also practiced and performed Bugaku (Court dance from Japan) with Arawana Hayashi. Most notably, Olivier’s work has been presented at the National Institute of the Arts (Taipei, Taiwan), Die Pratze (Tokyo), Art of Movement Festival (Yaroslav, Russia), Micadanses (Paris), Dance Theatre Workshop (NYC), New York Improvisation festival, Walker Art Centre (Minneapolis), Boston Dance Umbrella, Florida Dance Festival, and the Dance Place (Washington DC). Olivier is currently on faculty at The Boston Conservatory. He has been on faculty at the French National Circus School (CNAC), the Bates Dance Festival, Emerson College and the School of Fine Arts at Boston University.