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Dr Yati Durant

Berlin, Germany • ☎︎📧

Director of IMMSANE


What we do:

  • Fostering collaborations and initiatives between HE and industry

  • Platform to exchange best practice in pedagogy

Who we are:

  • 21+ International Institutional members

  • 100+ individual/student members

  • 5+ International festivals and competitions

How we work:

  • Global regional meeting yearly at renowned film music festivals

  • International Conference every two years hosted by HE institutions/festivals

  • Seeding schemes for new programmes in underdeveloped regions

  • IMMSANE Blackboard for HE/Industry project exchanges

Composer/Conductor/Trumpeter

Lecturer/Mentor/Collaborator

Film Composer/Sound Artist


What I do:

  • Classically and contemporary trained composer at Hochschule für Musik Köln 1998 - 2005, PhD in Composition 2021 from University of Edinburgh

  • 2010 - 2018: Programme Director MSC Composition for Screen At University of Edinburgh

  • Taught film music and composition at dozens of renowned HE institutions worldwide

  • Studio Director at Ruggieri Music Inc. NYC 1996 - 1998 - 30+ years of industry experience

  • Berlinale Panarama Prize 2008, BAFA Nomination 2008, Concorso Giovani Musicisti Europei 2009

  • 100+ professional film and media music credits

  • Contemporary, film and jazz commissions worldwide

  • Conductor and Musical Director of Edinburgh Film Music Orchestra 2010 - 2020, and guest conductor of renowned orchestras world

Director of MSCN Film Music Festivals Academy


What we do:

  • Mentoring and post-HE programmes for media music composers and conductors at Film Music Festivals

Who we are:

  • 6+ professional composers and film makers

  • 4+ International film music festival collaborations

How we work:

  • Film Music Festivals Mentorship Programme

  • Budapest Summer Film Music Conducting Workshop

  • Institutional Alumni and Accredited Mentorship Programme