Phil Acimovic is a composer, gamelan musician, and sound installation artist. He currently teaches music theory at Smith College.

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Acimovic studied and performed Javanese Gamelan in Central Java for over two years. He is a student of Bp. Wakidi Dwidjomartono, Bp. Darsono Hadiraharjo, and several other prominent Javanese musicians. He plays with Gamelan Laras Tentrem in Boston and former directed the UC Davis Gamelan Ensemble.

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Acimovic has worked on several sound installation, notably Speaking of Sound..., a 

project documenting people's meaningful sound memories, and The Lake Tahoe Sonification Project, a collaborative effort to translate weather data from Lake Tahoe into sound.

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He lives in Easthampton, MA.

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