Rajmil Fishman

Rajmil Fischman (b. Lima, Peru, 1956) is Professor of Composition at Keele University (UK), where he established the MA/MSc courses in Digital Music Technology and the Computer Music Laboratory. Attended musical studies at the National Conservatory of Lima (Peru), the Rubin Academy – Tel Aviv University (Israel) and York University (UK), where he obtained a DPhil in 1991. He studied composition with Abel Ehrlich, John Paynter and Richard Orton. He also obtained a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology, in 1980.

Fischman was artistic director and principal conductor of the Keele Philharmonic Society (1990-1995), Director of Music (1998-2000) and Music Technology Programme Director (2001-4). He joined the Composers’ Desktop Project (CDP), becoming a director in 1988, and is a member of the Latin-American Sonic Arts Network (RedASLA), the Peruvian Circle of Composers (Circomper) and Sound and Music. He is editorial adviser for Organised Sound (Cambridge University Press, UK).