Klára has been interested in the in-depth exploration of human psyche since a very early age. Her curiosity resulted in studying single-subject psychology at the Prague School of Psychosocial Studies, where she also participated in psychotherapeutic training.

Maok was exposed to music from an early age through his father and grandfather. At the age of thirteen he started playing guitar, which was also the first time he experienced an altered state of consciousness. This experience was so powerful that it influenced his future musical direction. Some of his compositions are inspired by…

The present leader or kansu, 看主, of the group reestablishing the Komusō-Shakuhachi tradition and compiling the present repertoire of koten-honkykoku

A composer of music focused primary on reducing the means and transparence of structure.

Composer, multi-instrumentalist, tabla player, pedagogue, musicologist

An Irish researcher and composer

Kinko-ryū Shakuhachi Shihan (Chikumeisha) MA in Kinko-ryū Shakuhachi (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku) PhD in Japanology (Stockholm University)

The artistic director of the Gyosan-ryū Tendai Shōmyō ensemble and phenomenal liturgist

Introducing the keynote speaker of the ISFP 2023 Symposium: Music and the Altered States of Consciousness Mendel Kaelen, PhD, whose contribution can be heard on June 1st, 2023.

Lydia Snyder is an instructor of world music at Kent State University in Ohio, where she completed her master’s degree in Ethnomusicology in 2019.¨

Oldřich Poděbradský got his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at Faculty of Humanities, Charles University for his work Soundscape of Prague Psychedelic Guitar Rock Scene under the supervision of doc. PhDr. Zuzana Jurková Ph.D.

Balakrishnan Raghavan is an accomplished musician, researcher, and educator.

Veronika Seidlová earned her Ph.D. in anthropology at the Faculty of Humanities (FHS), Charles University in Prague (2016).