Dr. Georg Haidu is a German composer who belongs to one of the earliest groups of contemporary composers dedicated to integrating music, science, and computer technology. After studying composition at the Cologne University of Music and pursuing further studies at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) in the United States, he earned his doctoral degree from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1996, George Hajdu continued his studies at the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM) in France and the Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Germany. In 1999, he completed his first full-length opera, “Der Sprung.” In May 2002, Georg Hajdu’s interactive internet music performance software, Quintet.net, was selected for use in the Munich Biennale for New Music Theatre. In the same year, he founded the European Bridges Ensemble, a music performance group dedicated to interactive network connections. Currently, George Hajdu is a professor of multimedia composition at the University of Music and Theater Hamburg in Germany.

Hiroshi Koike, a Japanese director, playwright, choreographer, and film director, has created works spanning various genres, including theater, dance, art, music, and video, across 18 countries and has toured in 42 countries. His artistic vision is characterized by a commitment to pushing boundaries, offering never-before-seen perspectives, and exploring the depths of creativity. Until 2012, he served as the artistic director of “Pappa Tarahumara,” and since then, he has been the director of the “Hiroshi Koike Bridge Project – ODYSSEY.” In total, he has produced over 80 works. In 2021, he premiered “The Complete Mahabharata,” a 6.5-hour performance that took nine years to create and received acclaim across various Asian countries. This monumental piece featured esteemed Asian artists and was staged in Tokyo. Currently, Hiroshi Koike is actively engaged in the “Firebird Project,” with plans to bring “The Firebird is Coming” to life in 2025. Throughout his career, he has held notable positions such as the artistic director of Tsukuba City, chairman of the Asian Performing Artists Forum, and professor at Musashino Art University. He has authored four books, including “Shin Butai Geijutsuron” (New Stage Art Theory), among others.

Dr. Rongjun Yu, also known as Nick, Doctor of Arts, is China’s most-produced living playwright, an award-winning playwright, as well as the artistic director of Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre, the Vice President of Shanghai Performing Arts Group, the director of Shanghai International Comedy Festival and Shanghai ACT festival. He has about 80 plays, musicals, and operas produced in China and overseas including Behind the Lie, Perfume, 1977, Captain, Das Kapital, The Insane Asylum Next to Heaven, The Crowd, House Guest, and WWW.COM. His writing has been staged and published in English, Turkish, Spanish, German, Japanese Italian, Hebrew, and other languages and dialects. Nick has also translated and/or adapted foreign-language works into Chinese that have been performed in China and abroad. He has written dance theatre, physical theatre, and screenplays for film and television as well. As the manager of the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, he hosted more than 400 projects for three stages in Shanghai. Nick received Asian Cultural Council Fellowships in 2004 and 2007 to conduct research on cultural exchange programs in the United States and was a fellow for International Residency of the Royal Court Theatre in 2008. Received the 7th Fellowship in Russia Program by the Likhachev Foundation of the First President of Russia Boris N. Yeltsin. He participated in Iowa IWP (International Writing Program) in 2019.