Concert with Elia Cmiral September 23, 2012

To date, Elia has written nearly forty scores for independent films, TV and major studios Born in Czechoslovakia, Elia Cmiral including STIGMATA, WRONG TURN, attended the Prague Music JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT and Conservatory, where he studied the PULSE trilogy. Cmiral’s scores for THE DEATHS OF IAN STONE, produced by Stan composition and double bass. Elia's first Winston and Brian Gilbert, and TOOTH AND scoring opportunity came with his NAIL, were featured in the 2008 After Dark father's production of CYRANO DE Horrorfest. His score for SPLINTER, a cutting- BERGERAC. From this experience he edge horror film directed by Toby Wilkins, discovered his passion for writing for the received the Best Score award at the stage. Screamfest'08 film festival in Los Angeles.

Elia then worked with Czech director Juraj Herz Elia Cmiral on a score for the German-produced film By the early 80's, Cmiral had moved to HABERMANN, a WWII drama based on a true Sweden. Throughout his time there, he wrote story, which won the top prize at the 7th “Jewish scores for several European films, TV, and Eye” Film Festival in Ashkelon, Israel. three ballets. In 1989, he moved to the United A Czech composer Elia Cmiral, States to attend USC's Scoring for Motion Elia also composed part of "A Symphony of Pictures and Television program. Soon after Hope," a collaboration of several Hollywood presents a Concert Suite from his graduating from USC, Cmiral scored his first composers, which is to benefit victims of the American feature, APARTMENT ZERO, Haiti earthquake disaster. Hollywood's scores including starring Colin Firth. His musical style music from film Ronin, combines contemporary electronics with Recently, Elia wrote a large orchestral score for modern orchestra, joining cutting edge the film ATLAS SHRUGGED PART 1, based on Apartment Zero, Habermann technology and production with evocative and the Ayn Rand novel, the score for writer/director haunting melodic themes. W. Peter Iliff’s RITES OF PASSAGE, and & Atlas Shrugged 1 PIRANHA 3DD, produced by Weinstein Elia scored the first season of Don Johnson's Company and Dimension Films. TV series NASH BRIDGES In 1998, Elia scored his first studio feature, John Currently Elia writes and produce a suite from Frankenheimer's suspense thriller RONIN, his scores for piano trio as well as sketches for a which earned him the Movieline Young Czech film COLETTE, a historical drama from Hollywood Award for Best Soundtrack of WWII set in death camp Osvetim. 1998.

A pianist of “unerring, warm-toned refinement, With Sonus Quartet, she took part in the Juilliard revealing judicious glimmers of power,” Robert Quartet Seminar and held a residency at the Banff Center in Canada. These days she regularly records Edward Thies is an artist renowned for his consummate musicianship and poetic for producers like David Foster and Danger Mouse, temperament. He first captured worldwide and enjoys an ongoing collaboration with film Musicians attention in 1995 when he won the Gold Medal at composer Clint Mansell. She has also worked the Second International Prokofiev Competition in closely with such artists like Trent Reznor, Sarah St. Petersburg, Russia. With this victory, Thies McLachlan, and has played on numerous scores for Bios became the only American pianist to win a Russian film and television both as a soloist, and orchestral piano competition since Van Cliburn's triumph in player. Her touring experience includes featured Moscow in 1958. Thies enjoys a diverse career as work with Josh Groban, Sia, and Gnarls Barkley.

an orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber Mark Robertson, violinist, was raised in Fort musician. He has already performed 40 different Wayne, Indiana by musical parents and started concerti with orchestras such as the St. Petersburg studying violin and piano at the age of five. After Philharmonic, the Auckland Philharmonia, the attending the Pre-College division at CCM in Mexico City Philharmonic, the Louisville Cincinnati, Mark received his Bachelor’s Degree Orchestra, and the Naples Philharmonic. from Boston University, and his Master’s Degree A dedicated chamber musician, Thies is highly from the Juilliard School. He also attended the sought after as a recital partner and collaborator in Aspen Music Festival for ten seasons, where he was both instrumental and vocal chamber music. concertmaster of the Concert and Philharmonia Recently he founded the Thies Consort, a unique Orchestras under the batons of conductors James Robert Edward Thies Mark Robertson ensemble which presents thematic programs of Conlon, Murry Sidlin, and Peter Jaffe. varying instrumentation and color. Upon graduating from Juilliard, has been a regular Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, cellist, a native of member in the Hollywood studio recording Los Angeles and founding member of the LAbased industry, playing on over 500 films and many cd Sonus Quartet, enjoys a diverse career both recordings. Recently, Mark was concertmaster for onstage and in the studio. As well as recording and the films Horrible Bosses, Hop, Contagion, Much performing as a cellist in a wide range of musical Ado About Nothing, Imogene, Spinning Plates, genres, she has written and arranged for such and Premium Rush. In Southern California, Mark bands as The Red Hot Chili Peppers and served as has been guest concertmaster of the New West multi-instrumentalist for artists like Sinead Symphony, the Pasadena Pops Orchestra, the Vanessa Freebairn-Smith O’Connor. Vanessa’s early training took place at Riverside Philharmonic, and the West LA the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Symphony. His principal teachers were Dorothy Angeles, and she later received her Bachelor of DeLay, Kurt Sassmansshaus, Piotr Milewski, Arts degree in Cello Performance from the Roman Totenberg, and Martin Chalifour. University of California Los Angeles in 2003.