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Denovaire (aka Timo Kaufmann) was born in Seeheim/Germany in 1978 and grew up in Klagenfurt, Austria. There, he received his first musical training at the conservatory. After a short intermezzo at the Vienna University of Technology, he trained as a sound engineer in Graz and worked as freelancer at Perfect Sound Studio, where he helped with the production of game music, jingles, sound installations etc.
He studied composition at the University for Music and Dramatic Arts Graz under G.F. Haas and G. Kühr. In 2002, he founded "Dancing Shiva", an electro-acoustic world music project, which combines western Rock and electronic elements with oriental influences, and in which Denovaire is responsible for conception, composition, organization and the esraj part. In addition, he collaborates with the ensemble Derwish (esraj, guitar, bass; experimental improvisation), Fun&Stahlbad (sounds + voice, Stefan Schmitzer & denovaire, reading and experimental electronic sounds) and Sonusphaera (world music).
Numerous concerts and performances of own compositions at the Klangnetze during the Musikprotokoll im steirischen Herbst, the Museum der Wahrnehmung, Forum Stadtpark, the people's opera Sarajevo, international summer school of contemporary music Darmstadt etc.