In 2026, Slavo Krekovic will be at ICST for his Klavierautomat Residency.
He works as a musician and sound artist, musicologist, curator of contemporary music and new media art, and cultural organiser, and is based in Bratislava.
He holds Mgr. (MA) and PhD degrees in Musicology, as well as a Master’s degree in Sonology (Instruments and Interfaces Programme) from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and STEIM, where he studied with Joel Ryan, Frank Baldé, and Rebekah Wilson. From 2013 to 2017, he was Head of the Multimedia Study Programme at the Faculty of Fine Arts (FaVU) of Brno University of Technology.
He is Editor-in-Chief and publisher of the ¾ cultural magazine and a co-founder of the Mag.Net – Electronic Cultural Publishers Network. He is also co-founder and Artistic Director of the NEXT Festival of Advanced Music and the independent cultural centre A4 – Space of Contemporary Culture in Bratislava.
He performs music with electronic and interactive instruments, both solo and as a member of various experimental projects (Voice Over Noise, Shibuya Motors, VRITTI, Bratislava Improvisers Orchestra, and SWAG Ensemble). His musical interests focus on generativity, complexity, stochastic processes, human–machine interaction, gestural control, and improvisation in different contexts using custom software and various hardware devices.
His musicological research focuses on conceptual approaches and cutting-edge aesthetics in contemporary and experimental music. Visit his website for further information.