Ildar D. Khannanov is an assistant professor of music theory at Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. He is also a vice chair of the Scientific Committee of the Russian Society for Music Theory (OTM) and a member of EuroT@AM—Scientific Committee of the European Music Analysis Congress (EUROMAC). In such a position, Dr. Khannanov participated in organization of four congresses of the Russian Society for Music Theory, and, currently, he is a vice chair of the Organizing Committee of EUROMAC10. Dr. Khannanov is a student of Dr. Yuri Kholopov, and Dr. Pieter C. Van den Toorn. He studied philosophy with Professor Jacques Derrida at UC Irvine. Dr. Khannanov has published his research in the areas of postmodernist philosophy of music, musical semiotics, methodology of analysis of musical work, teaching of form, harmony, and folk music. He participated in more than 100 international conferences and published books and articles in English and Russian languages.Roman Ruditsa is a composer, music theorist, inventor, and pianist. In 1995, he graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory. He had an assistantship in the composition class of Professor S. Slonimsky, and a Ph.D. program in the musical analysis class of Dr. E. Ruchievskaya. He also studied piano and harpsichord in the class of E. Seredinskaya. Roman Ruditsa is a member of the St. Petersburg Union of Composers. He is an author of cantatas, chamber, and orchestra music. His musicological works are devoted to questions of analysis, harmony, and counterpoint. As a performing artist, his interests lie in the field of historical performance. With Andrey Bayadzhan, he invented The Musical Notation Keyboard that is patented by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Roman Ruditsa is a founder of D Notation company, which aims to create a perfect digital note typing tool, and the Worldwide Music Conference (WWMC).
