Dylan Crismani (b.1987) is an Australian composer and instrument maker whose music aims to fuse the best elements of American minimalism, in terms of form and continuity, with European spectralism, in terms of sonority. Dylan has recently been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to travel abroad to document the heritage musical instruments of Harry Partch so that they may be replicated in Australia.
In 2020 Dylan was awarded Arts SA funding to build Australia’s first microtonal Cristal Baschet and compose an extended Cristal Baschet work for Gabriella Smart in addition to being commissioned by Tura New Music and ABC Classic to write pieces for online delivery and national broadcast, respectively. In 2019 Dylan’s composition The tale of Kiều was selected for performance in the prestigious Basel Composition Competition, Switzerland. In 2019 Dylan graduated from a PhD in musical composition at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide, winning a Dean’s commendation, and a doctoral research medal for his composition-based thesis. Dylan’s research was funded by a Faculty of the Arts scholarship. Dylan is currently a visiting fellow at The University of Adelaide.
Project
The Mr and Mrs Gerald Frank New Churchill Fellowship to document the musical instruments of Harry Partch so that they can be replicated in Australia
Dylan Crismani
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