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Jakub Rataj (1984) is a Czech composer of orchestral, chamber, and electroacoustic music. In his work, he explores the physical dimension of sound, which he understands as a relationship between the outer and inner world, perceiving the human body as a fragile filter between the two. He is particularly interested in how the structure of sound and the process of composition relate to the inner space of musical perception. This reflection on sound, body, and perception fundamentally shapes his artistic work.

His compositions have been performed at numerous concerts and festivals in Germany, France, Spain, Japan, Russia, China, Iran, Sweden, Austria, and many other countries. He has received commissions from ensembles such as Orchestr Berg, Prague Modern, BCO, Solaris 3, and Ensemble MIET+, as well as from Czech Radio and festivals including Prague Spring, Contempuls, BRANDNEU, and Music Olomouc. He has collaborated with Klangforum Wien, Trio Catch, NeoQuartet, Quatuor Tana, FamaQ, Ostravská Banda, Cluster Ensemble, Bennewitz Quartet, and with soloists such as Martin Adámek, Jonathan Powell, László Fassang, Carolina Eyck, Pascal Gallois, Pierre Strauch, Kifu Mitsuhashi, and Pamelia Kurstin, as well as with many distinguished choreographers, visual artists, and film or theatre directors (Šarūnas Bartas, Andrius Blaževičius, Rolando Garduño, Kristýna Bartošová, among others).

Rataj has received several awards for his compositions, including the NUBERG Main Prize (2014, 2015) and Musica Nova (2014). He has been selected for artistic residencies such as Lauréat de la Fondation Royaumont (2022), Czech Centres: Vienna (2014), Madrid (2015), Tokyo (2017), VICC (2017, 2019), and the Swedish Arts Grant Committee. His works have been presented at prestigious festivals including ISCM New Zealand (2022), Sundance Film Festival (2026), Silver Crane Awards (2022), the Cannes Film Festival (2020), La Película Film Festival Oaxaca (2019), the Tehran Contemporary Music Festival (2018), and the Journées Nationales de la Musique Électroacoustique in Chalon-sur-Saône (2014).

From 2013 to 2014, he studied composition and new technologies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. He also participated in several international composition workshops, including Impuls Academy, Altitude University, ISA Academy, and Ostrava Days.

In the Czech Republic, he studied composition at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where he completed his PhD in 2020. Since 2015, he has worked as a sound designer and music director at Czech Radio, and in the same year, he founded Ensemble Terrible – an ensemble of young musicians based at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Since 2023, he has been teaching at the Faculty of Art and Design of the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň, where he focuses on composition and contemporary approaches to audiovisual media. Since 2025, he has been a member of the Neos Musikstiftung, a recipient of a Visegrad Fund grant, and the artistic director of the international festival Contempuls.

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