Ergo Phizmiz-Mittelhammer is an artist, composer, theatre director, opera maker, film-maker, radio playwright and performer. Past credits include “The Faust Cycle” (a 15 hour sonic drama), the operas “Mozart vs Machine (Mahogany Opera Group), “Gala” (Tete a Tete Opera), “UOEIA: The Histories of Yodelling” (Operadagen Rotterdam), the radioplays “Animalium Kepler 22B”, “Hollywood: A Bestiary”, and “Die Bayerischer Prinzessin” (Bayerischer Rundfunk) and the large scale political community theatre production “The United Kingdom of Earth” (Worm Avantgardistiisch Staat). Under the name Ergo Phizmiz (PLC) they are constantly active in avant-garde theatre, film and music, and have released hundreds of hours of Creative Commons music online and on labels including Discrepant, Gagarin, Care in the Community, Touch, and Megaphone Records. Most recently they collaborated with Lottie Bowater and Frederic Wake-Walker on the Cleveland Orchestra's production of “Ariadne auf Naxos” (Critic's Pick, New York Times).