Petra Strahovnik (*1986 in Slovenia) studied composition with Uroš Rojko, Martijn Padding and Peter Adriaansz. With the piece »Prana’« for symphony orchestra she won at the 66th International Rostrum of Composers. As part of an art residency with the ensemble Modelo62, Petra Strahovnik is developing the project »DisOrders«. This is several artworks that combine music and performance art with the question of how we deal with mental health in our societies. Petra Strahovnik was, among other things, a scholarship holder and artist in residence at the Villa Concordia Bamberg (Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art). She was also awarded the Berlin Art Prize for Music 2021 (Academy of Arts Berlin). The composer sees herself »esoterically speaking as a passenger in the present time and space, open to emerging thoughts, to creating ideas, to collecting pieces for artistic work that move the mind.«