Musician and composer originally from Banská Bystrica, currently living in Copenhagen. She plays alto/soprano saxophone and bass clarinet and composes in the area of ​​partially open scores, (un)conventional notations, conceptual ideas and minimalism. In her work, she often deals with physical space as part of the musical experience. She leads her own musical groups doudouči ensemble and ensemble šum.um and is engaged in a solo project for modified alto saxophone called IN FLUX. She is also a member and co-composer of the band ALAWARI, Wolfskin Ensemble and performs in the formations mocean (music by Mark Ibsgaard Gregersen), Arcanepunk, Henrik Olsson’s Atumbra Ensemble, Asger Thomsen’s Rhizom and in the Prague saxophone quartet MMMM.

Exploring Spatial Sound is an international artistic and research collaboration between A4, Paradiso, Sonic Acts, and INA GRM, supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL. New works by BJ Nilsen and Michaela Turcerová were commissioned by A4 as part of Exploring Spatial Sound and premiered during NEXT Festival 2025 in Bratislava on the Slovak Radio’s Acousmonium. The project was developed as part of New Perspectives for Action, a project by Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the European Union, and supported by the Slovak Arts Council and Bratislava City Foundation.

Photos: Michaela Turcerová at NEXT 2025 by Simon Luptak