SDA Officers
Magdalena Plewa
SDA Chair - Europe & International
PhD student in psychoacoustics at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. She studied through an Individual Course of Studies (as well as courses conducted by The Academy of Music in Krakow and one semester in Wroclaw University of Technology). Magdalena graduated in 2009 with a master thesis about microphone techniques and psychoacoustics. During her studies she was awarded by University and Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education and now she is a scholar of Acoustical Society of America. Magdalena attended music primary school but fortunately she does not play for public.
After studies she co-operated for a few months with Schoeps and she was responsible for setup, measurement and subjective evaluation of a newly-developed SuperCMIT microphone and DoubleMS Plugin. She is an author and co-author of few papers and currently works in National Research Grant connected with selective mixing.
In 2008, she founded the Krakow AES Student Section with her friends. At the 128th AES Convention in London, Magdalena was elected Vice-Chair of the SDA Europe / International section.
She works mostly in live sound and classical recordings. She loves listening and recording folk, classical and and early music. Outside of work, she’s a very enthusiastic tennis player, wind-surfer and skiing maniac (instructor). To relax Magdalena practices knitting and reading.
Ezequiel Morfi
SDA Chair - North & Latin America
Ezequiel Morfi is an Argentine-born full time devotee to both music and audio.
His experience in the artistic world includes involvement with the acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, and occasional keyboard playing and singing every now and again. Not limited to just the rock scene, he holds a degree in electroacoustic composition at the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes in Buenos Aires; some of his work for orchestra and for electronics having seen public appearances in concerts and in contests alike.
In the field of audio and recordings, he is a full-time mastering engineering at one of the most renowned facilities in Buenos Aires, having done a couple of 5.1 mixes for film, mastered more than 300 records, and participated in more than 700 projects. He is also active in composing, mixing and mastering music in his own studio..
He has contributed to the AES’s Argentine section since 2004, serving as webmaster and a member of the Executive Committee since 2006, while also doing such work for the AES Latin America altogether from 2007 to 2009. He has contributed in putting together more than fifty AES events in Argentina and all of the Latin American Conferences done so far.
His current studies revolve around music production at the ECOS School of Sound in Argentina, while also taking part in the ECOS Student Section. Other hobbies include rehearsing and playing live with his band ELISE, reading, jogging, and listening to vinyl.
Philip Waldenberger
SDA Vice Chair - Europe & International
Philip Waldenberger is half German, half Japanese. He was born in Japan but mostly lived in Germany.
He started studying Musicology in 2004 in Munich at the Ludwigs Maximilian University and simultaneously attended the German Pop Academy to take a class in audio engineering. In 2005, he joined the student radio M94.5 as an engineer. A little later he also started working at AFK TV, both of which contributed to his experience in the field of broadcast engineering, and provided him with the opportunity to record local bands and do their live mixing. In 2007, he moved to Austria to study "Tonmeister" at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
He first encountered the AES at their convention in London in 2010. The same year, he became Treasurer of the AES Student Section Vienna, and the following year Vice Chair (Europe & International).
While primarily recording classical music in Vienna, his true passion for music arose out of popular music. Starting with MIDI programming with a Roland SC-88 Pro when he was only 12 years old, soon the electric guitar became his favorite instrument and the Smashing Pumpkins one of his most influential bands. Philip has played in several bands and has always been making music. At present, he is part of a more electronic sounding project, called Cardiochaos, mainly equipped with synthesizers and effect pedals.
Colin Pfund
SDA Vice Chair - North & Latin America
Colin Pfund is currently studying Electrical Engineering and Audio Engineering Technology at the University of Hartford, where has continuously been placed on both the Dean's List and President's List for his academic success.
Colin has gained experience in broadcast systems as a temporary project coordinator in NBCUniversal's Systems Engineering department following an internship with the broadcast giant. At NBC, Colin assisted with the construction of multimedia editing suites and worked on other high-profile projects involving HD edit, playback, and archive systems. At Hartford, Colin has worked as a staff engineer in the CETA Recording Studios and as a personal tutor, specializing in digital and analog electronics.
Colin prefers to be a team leader, with credits as a sports team captain and club sport vice president. From
2009-2011, Colin volunteered as chair of the University of Hartford's Audio Engineering Society Student Section,
achieving his goals of section revitalization and increased presence in the AES community. In the Fall of 2011, Colin assumed the positions of coordinator for Hartford's IEEE Student Chapter and freshman mentor for the Audio Engineering Technology program.
In his free time, Colin enjoys cooking, baking, and freelancing as a recording, editing, and mixing engineer.
Past projects include swedish apple pie, lentil sloppy joes, stereo choir recordings, and voiceovers for theatrical
productions. After graduate school, Colin hopes to fulfill his passions for science, sound technology, and food through meaningful work in an active and collaborative environment and many healthy, home-cooked meals.
