Panayiotis Kokoras is an internationally award-winning composer and computer music innovator, currently Regents Professor and CEMI Director at the University of North Texas. Born in Greece (1974), he studied composition and classical guitar in Athens and later earned his MA and PhD from the University of York, UK. His concept of "Holophonic Musical Texture" focuses on sound as the primary element of form, integrating acoustic and electronic composition. Kokoras’s works have been performed in over 1,200 concerts worldwide, winning 98 awards and being selected in 350 international calls for music. He has received commissions from the Guggenheim Foundation, Fromm Music Foundation, IRCAM, and others. As President of the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (ICEM), he advocates electroacoustic music globally. His research spans spatial sound, machine listening, and tactile sound. His compositions appear on 56 album compilations. More at www.panayiotiskokoras.com.