Cathy van Eck

Cathy van Eck (1979 The Netherlands/Belgium) is a composer and sound artist. Her work includes compositions with live-electronics, as well as performances with sound objects, which she often designs herself. She performs her works regularly on festivals and venues like SPARK in Minneapolis, NYCEMF in New York, Klangwerkstatt in Berlin, Hapzura Digital Art in Israel, Avantgarde Schwaz in Austria, STEIM and November Music in the Netherlands and Spaziomusica in Italy.
She is currently working on doctoral research at the Orpheusinstitute in Ghent and University of Leiden in the DocARTES Program. Her dissertation topic is loudspeakers and microphones as musical instruments. She holds a teaching position at the Department for Music and Media Arts of the University of the Arts in Bern, Switzerland.