​Tímea Urban Hvozdíková is a composer born in Košice, Slovakia in 1998. She gained her education in composition at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and Universität Mozarteum Salzburg in the class of Johannes Maria Staud.

Her music has been performed within festivals and concert events around Europe such as ISCM World Music Days in Tallinn, Prague Spring, Aspekte Salzburg, Time of Music Viitasaari, Nouvelle Vague in Philharmonie de Paris, most notably by Klangforum Wien, NAMES Ensemble, Ensemble Linea, Cantando Admont, Ensemble Multilatérale, Les Métaboles and others.

Tímea is the winner of three brilliance grants from Central European Foundation for outstanding academic and professional achievements, as well as a recepient of multiple composition and research stipends from Slovak Arts Council. She was also one of the laureates of the GENERACE international composition competition two years in a row. Apart from her creative activities, Tímea also currently acts as a lecturer of Esthetics and Methodology of music theory at the State conservatory in Bratislava.