Petr Cígler is a chemist and a self-taught composer. He heads the Synthetic Nanochemistry team at the academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, within which he researches into new therapeutic and diagnostic methods for medicine. As a horn player, he has premiered numerous pieces by Czech and foreign composers and in the previous decade of the 21st century he significantly participated in the activities of the Czech contemporary composed music scene. Cígler's pieces have been performed at or commissioned for Ostrava Days, the Exposition of New Music, Prague Spring Festival and many other festivals. His composition "Wake Up!" was featured on a CD-sampler of the magazine His Voice (4/2007), "Entropic Symphony" was released on the Ostrava Days 2011 festival CD.