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Either/Or performs an excerpt from
Striking for Strings & Chopsticks at the Kitchen, New York, in June 2011.


Andrew Byrne is an Australian composer based in New York, who has written works for film, dance, theater, and the concert hall. His music, which always betrays a fascination with polyrhythm, is influenced by American experimental music and non-Western music traditions. more


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Oct. 1, 2011
Radio Broadcast

NEW MUSIC UP LATE: ABC CLASSIC FM with Julian Day
National broadcast included performances by Michael Kieran Harvey, Speak Percussion & Eugene Ughetti, Astra Choir & John McCaughey, as well as interviews with Andrew

Listen online


Sept-Oct. 2011
"Second World" exhibition, Graz, Austria

Andrew joins forces with Tom Nicholson again for Music for an Imaginary Launch as part of sound installation-exhibit Monument for the Flooding of Royal Park

View poster to accompany the work

Sept. 24, 2011
Iwaki Auditorium, Melbourne

ASTRA CONCERTS 2011: ANDREW BYRNE IN PROFILE with choir, percussion, and solo piano
Featured Michael Kieran Harvey, Speak Percussion & Eugene Ughetti, Astra Choir & John McCaughey

Produced in association with Australian Broadcasting Corporation

More information (concert program)

June 2, 2011
The Kitchen, New York

Striking for strings and chopsticks was premiered by Either/or string quartet as part of its 6th Annual Spring Festival of contemporary music

Listen to an excerpt

(site last updated October 2011)