A HOOU podcast of the HfMT Hamburg In this special episode of ArtistsTalk, composer and artistic researcher Yuri Akbalkan engages in an in-depth conversation with Prof. Dr. Georg Hajdu — renowned composer, music theorist, founder of the ligeti zentrum, and initiator of Germany’s first Multimedia Composition program. The discussion spans a broad range of topics, including music, engineering, medicine, artificial intelligence, interdisciplinarity, and the theoretical and technological foundations of multimedia art. Professor Hajdu reflects on the origins and development of the Multimedia Composition program at HfMT Hamburg, its historical roots in the legacy of György Ligeti, and the pioneering spirit that continues to shape the department. He also shares personal stories of working with visionaries such as Clarence Barlow and John Chowning, and offers insights into the creative potential of new media, virtual reality, and sensory exploration beyond the visual and auditory. This podcast is part of the Sensorium project, a series of online lectures on perceptual construction in art, hosted by the Hamburg Open Online University at HfMT Hamburg (HOOU@HfMT). Keywords: multimedia art, multimedia composition, Georg Hajdu, Yuri Akbalkan, music and technology, art and science, ligeti zentrum, György Ligeti, Clarence Barlow, John Chowning, microtonality, Bohlen-Pierce scale, music therapy, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), artistic research, interdisciplinary art, new media, human perception, sensory modalities, Sensorium, HOOU, HfMT, UKE, HAW, TUHH, MUTOR.