Juro Kim Feliz
Hailing from the Philippines, Toronto-based composer Juro Kim Feliz has collaborated with artists including the Thin Edge New Music Collective, ensemble x.y, and Liminar, garnering performances of his works in Southeast Asia, Israel, Greece, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada and the United States. Pursuing studies in the University of the Philippines and McGill University under the supervision of Jonas Baes and Melissa Hui, he also sought mentorship with composers Liza Lim, Dieter Mack, Linda Catlin Smith, and the Japanese koto performer Hiroko Nagai. Since receiving the Goethe South East Asian Young Composer Award in 2009, he appeared in several festival programs including the Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festivals, Asian Composers League festivals, Music Biennale Zagreb, New Music on the Bayou, MATA Festival, Nief-Norf Summer Festival, and the MUSLAB Festival. His percussion duo work Gandingan sa Kagiliran is released in the album “Millennial Masters, Vol. 7” under Ablaze Records.