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Paul Hirsch received the Academy Award for his editing work on "Star Wars" in 1978. In 2005, he received his second Academy Award nomination for Taylor Hackford's "Ray". He is the only person to ever win the Saturn Award for Best Editing twice. He is the author of "A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away".

Paul Hirsch received the Academy Award for his editing work on "Star Wars" in 1978. In 2005, he received his second Academy Award nomination for Taylor Hackford's "Ray". He is the only person to ever win the Saturn Award for Best Editing twice. He is the author of "A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away".

Lorenda Ramou, PhD, is a pianist, musicologist, piano teacher and concert curator, with a particular interest in 20th and 21st c. repertoire. She has appeared in many festivals and concert tours in Europe, USA and Chile. She has extensively researched, published and lectured on Greek piano repertoire; her numerous CD recordings for BIS, ECM, NAXOS and Athens Music Society include, among others, solo and chamber music works by Nikos Skalkottas, Dimitris Dragatakis, Konstantia Gourzi and Yiannis Ioannidis. She collaborates as Project Manager for contemporary music projects with Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens. Eager to transmit her knowledge of 20th and 21st century’s piano repertoire to a younger generation of performers, she is teaching a yearly workshop on the subject at the Athens Conservatory. She had collaborated with composers Mauricio Kagel, Maurice Ohana, Frederic Rzewski and with French author Pascal Quignard. She had received guidance by pianists Claude Helffer, Marie-Françoise Bucquet, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Steve Drury, while studying at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP), City University, London, and New England Conservatory, Boston. Her projects have been supported by the French Ministry of Culture, the British Council, Fulbright Foundation and the Center of Hellenic Studies, Harvard University.· www.onassis.org/people/lorenda-ramou· www.creativeprocess.info

“As a child, music felt very natural for me. I didn’t feel I needed to put any effort into learning the piano. I wanted to find all the musical information that was there. What was the purpose of studying the piano? Suddenly the whole thing became so creative. I felt that the sound is something malleable and you can have an infinite number of possibilities and ways of phrasing and expressing, so that opened a whole new area of possibilities and I found this just fascinating.”Lorenda Ramou, PhD, is a pianist, musicologist, piano teacher and concert curator, with a particular interest in 20th and 21st c. repertoire. She has appeared in many festivals and concert tours in Europe, USA and Chile. She has extensively researched, published and lectured on Greek piano repertoire; her numerous CD recordings for BIS, ECM, NAXOS and Athens Music Society include, among others, solo and chamber music works by Nikos Skalkottas, Dimitris Dragatakis, Konstantia Gourzi and Yiannis Ioannidis. She collaborates as Project Manager for contemporary music projects with Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens. Eager to transmit her knowledge of 20th and 21st century’s piano repertoire to a younger generation of performers, she is teaching a yearly workshop on the subject at the Athens Conservatory. She had collaborated with composers Mauricio Kagel, Maurice Ohana, Frederic Rzewski and with French author Pascal Quignard. She had received guidance by pianists Claude Helffer, Marie-Françoise Bucquet, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Steve Drury, while studying at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP), City University, London, and New England Conservatory, Boston. Her projects have been supported by the French Ministry of Culture, the British Council, Fulbright Foundation and the Center of Hellenic Studies, Harvard University.· www.onassis.org/people/lorenda-ramou · www.creativeprocess.info

Dr. George Maginis is the Academic Director of the Benaki Museum in Athens Greece. He holds a PhD in archaology and history of art. He has taught Byzantine, Islamic, and Chinese Art History at the University of London for SOAS and the Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Museum. He has excavated in Greece, Cyprus, France and Egypt, and has worked for the Hellenic Children’s Museum and the Archaeological Museum of Ioannina. He has also acted as museum development consultant in the United Kingdom.· www.benaki.org
· benaki.academia.edu/GeorgeManginis
· www.creativeprocess.info

Dr. George Maginis is the Academic Director of the Benaki Museum in Athens Greece. He holds a PhD in archaology and history of art. He has taught Byzantine, Islamic, and Chinese Art History at the University of London for SOAS and the Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Museum. He has excavated in Greece, Cyprus, France and Egypt, and has worked for the Hellenic Children’s Museum and the Archaeological Museum of Ioannina. He has also acted as museum development consultant in the United Kingdom.· www.benaki.org
· benaki.academia.edu/GeorgeManginis
· www.creativeprocess.info

“I decided that I wanted to explore the flute. I mean really explore the flute. People had known a few multi-phonics where you could play two notes. But they had been basically “special effects”, sort of sprinkled into a traditional line to spice it up. And I thought, why not just go the whole way? So my concept that first of all music is made by people. All art is made by people. Music is not made by instruments. The sound of the flute is silence. The sound of the piano is silence. The mark of a brush is a white canvas until the person makes the mark. So music comes from people. We use instruments.”Robert Dick is a revolutionary flutist, composer, teacher and author. His musical style is a mix of classical, contemporary, electronic and jazz, and he is the inventor of the "glissando headjoint" a custom flute head joint that brings the instrument closer to the sound of a human voice. He has received the National Flute Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and authored several books. Robert Dick intends to keep learning, growing and improving for all of his life and does not feel that there will be a moment to say “I’ve arrived, its time to rest”.  · robertdick.net · www.creativeprocess.info

Robert Dick is a revolutionary flutist, composer, teacher and author. His musical style is a mix of classical, contemporary, electronic and jazz, and he is the inventor of the "glissando headjoint" a custom flute head joint that brings the instrument closer to the sound of a human voice. He has received the National Flute Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and authored several books. Robert Dick intends to keep learning, growing and improving for all of his life and does not feel that there will be a moment to say “I’ve arrived, its time to rest”.  · robertdick.net · www.creativeprocess.info

Né en mil neuf cent vingt six, Jacques Villeglé est un artiste majeur de la deuxième moitié du vingtième siècle et est considéré comme l’un des premiers street artists. Il partage son temps entre Paris et Saint-Malo.  Il est allé à l’École des Beaux Arts à Rennes et à Nantes, où il a étudié l'architecture. Il a rapidement abandonné la peinture et s'est intéressé aux objets qu’il s’est approprié pour son travail.À partir de mille neuf cent quarante neuf, il se fascine pour les affiches et la découverte de la beauté dans les débris urbains. Puisqu’il a toujours vécu dans des villes, il est attiré par l'architecture, les couleurs, la typographie, et de la société d’après-guerre. En mille neuf cent soixante, il a rejoint les Nouveaux Réalistes avec Yves Klein, Arman, et Jean Tinguely, où la groupe s’est focalisé sur la société de consommation florissante. Jacques Villeglé est présent dans les collections prestigieuses au Centre Pompidou, au MoMA, et au Tate Modern, entre autres.Born in 1926, Jacques Villeglé is a major artist of the second half of the 20th century and considered one of the first street artists. He lives and works between Paris and Saint-Malo. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Rennes and Nantes, where he studied architecture. He soon gave up painting and became interested in found objects which he appropriated for his work.In 1949, he became fascinated by posters and discovering beauty in urban fragments. Having always lived in cities, he was drawn to architecture, colors, typography, and other elements of post-war society. In 1960, Villeglé joined the New Realists with Yves Klein, Arman, and Jean Tinguely as the group turned its gaze on the burgeoning consumer society.
Jacques Villeglé is represented in prestigious collections, including Centre Pompidou, MoMA, and Tate Modern, among others.This interview has been translated and abridged from French by Sarah Bortel.
· villegle.free.fr
· www.galerie-vallois.com/en/artiste/jacques-villegle/
· www.creativeprocess.info

Born in 1926, Jacques Villeglé is a major artist of the second half of the 20th century and considered one of the first street artists. He lives and works between Paris and Saint-Malo. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Rennes and Nantes, where he studied architecture. He soon gave up painting and became interested in found objects which he appropriated for his work.In 1949, he became fascinated by posters and discovering beauty in urban fragments. Having always lived in cities, he was drawn to architecture, colors, typography, and other elements of post-war society. In 1960, Villeglé joined the New Realists with Yves Klein, Arman, and Jean Tinguely as the group turned its gaze on the burgeoning consumer society.
Jacques Villeglé is represented in prestigious collections, including Centre Pompidou, MoMA, and Tate Modern, among others.This interview has been translated and abridged from French by Sarah Bortel.
· villegle.free.fr
· www.galerie-vallois.com/en/artiste/jacques-villegle/
· www.creativeprocess.info