Miroslav Tadić, guitarist, composer, improviser and music educator, completed his formal studies of music in the US after studying in Italy and his native Yugoslavia. He has performed and recorded in a wide variety of settings and musical styles. He performs regularly in Europe, North and South America and Japan. In recent years, Tadić has concentrated on developing an approach to improvisation which combines and juxtaposes musical material drawn from many diverse sources. Tadić has written music for numerous experimental film, dance and theatre works. Since 1985 he has been a professor at the prestigious California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles.