Dylan Lardelli

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Dylan Lardelli
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Composer
Instrument(s)Guitar
Websitehttp://www.dylanlardelli.com

Dylan Lardelli (born 1979) is a New Zealand composer and guitarist. He is of Māori Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tūhoe descent.

Early life[edit]

Lardelli was born in Wellington in 1979 of Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tūhoe descent.[1][2] He attended school in Hawkes Bay, starting to learn the guitar in the 5th form (Year 11 in the New Zealand school system).[3]

He enrolled at Victoria University of Wellington to study guitar and composition, where his lecturers were John Psathas, Ross Harris and Jack Body.[3] He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in guitar and, in 2003, a Masters in composition.[4]

Career[edit]

Lardelli won first prize in the 2003 Asian Composers League Young Composers Competition for his work Four fragments.[4][5] In 2003–2004 he was composer in residence with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, a position he shared with Anthony Young.[4][5] He received the Composers Association of New Zealand Trust Fund award in 2005.[3]

Lardelli has studied in Europe and his works have been performed internationally. He received a Creative New Zealand Edwin Carr Scholarship in 2006 which he used to study with Stefano Bellon in Venice.[6] He worked with de:Dieter Mack at the Lübeck Musikhochschule in Germany from 2009 to 2010.[6] His music has been performed at the Gaudeamus music week in Amsterdam, the Darmstadt New Music Festival and in Europe, Asia, North American and Australia.[2][6][7]

In 2017 he received funding from the APRA AMCOS Arts Music Fund to compose a work for the German ensemble Musikfabrik to tour Germany, New Zealand and Japan.[8][9]

Lardelli was the University of Otago's Mozart Fellow for two years in 2018 and 2019.[10][11][12]

Selected works[edit]

  • Four fragments: chamber ensemble (2002)
  • Three colours: for orchestra (2002)
  • To my winter: for solo oboe (2002)
  • From grey : introduction and movement for string orchestra and harp (2002)
  • First ice (Lachrymae) : prelude and movement for solo guitar (2002)
  • Eidolon : solo cello (2003)
  • Reign : a “landscape prelude” for piano (2005)
  • Duo for oboe and guitar (2005)
  • Revenir. II : for saxophone quartet (2005)
  • Tumbu : for solo clarinet and orchestra (2005)
  • Frederick Street fragment : for children's chamber orchestra (2007)
  • Pan awakes : for orchestral wind & brass (2009)
  • Arrangements : for saxophone quartet (2011)
  • Duo for oboe and guitar (2011)
  • Mobiles : for flute, violin, clarinet, cello and piano (2011)
  • Hiki-iro : for solo koto (2012)
  • Refining metals : for piccolo/bass flute, soprano saxophone and percussion (2012)
  • One body : for clarinet quartet (2013)
  • Between strings : for violin, cello, guzheng, piano (2013)
  • Mapping, an inlay : for string quartet (2015)
  • Conditions of forgetting : for tenor recorder, electric guitar, percussion, violin, cello and double bass (2016)
  • Walking : for Electone (2018)
  • Carrying : for flute, and bass recorder (2018)
  • Holding : for shō, oboe, recorder, violin and koto (2018)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lardelli, Dylan 1979-". WorldCat identities. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Dylan Lardelli". www.sounz.org.nz. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Holloway, Samuel (2005). "In conversation with Dylan Lardelli". Canzona. 26 (47): 31–32.
  4. ^ a b c "Honour for HB-raised composer". NZ Herald. 18 June 2005. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Young composers, 2000 onwards". teara.govt.nz (in Māori). 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Bay composer's work to tour NZ". NZ Herald. 18 November 2013. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  7. ^ Fox, Rebecca (19 December 2019). "Surprised in the South". Otago Daily Times Online News. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. ^ AMCOS, APRA. "2017 Recipients". apraamcos.co.nz. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  9. ^ King, Cassandra. "News - Dylan Lardelli Receives 2017 Art Music Fund Grant". NZ Musician. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Prestigious University of Otago Arts Fellowships announced". University of Otago. 13 September 2017. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  11. ^ Lewis, John (13 September 2017). "Arts fellowships recipients announced". Otago Daily Times Online News. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  12. ^ "2019 University of Otago Arts Fellows named". University of Otago. 11 September 2018. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

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