#21 - Anthony Leigh Dunstan, composer, writer, voice actor

Photo by Marco Pauws

Anthony Leigh Dunstan is an Australian/Dutch composer, writer and voice actor based in The Netherlands. We get to take part in the story of his journey as a musician, and we also get to hear several excerpts from his compositions.

00:00 'Huh' for solo baritone saxophone, performed by Ian Richter

(Anthony writes: "Huh is a piece for solo baritone sax that I wrote for Jay Byrnes in 2018. I got a message five weeks from him asking if I had a piece for solo baritone saxophone. I didn’t but then I wrote him a piece in two weeks and he performed it a couple weeks later and absolutely nailed it. It’s a quirky piece about a humorous misunderstanding I had with a stranger.")

04:26 Introduction

05:57 Anthony introduces himself

12:18 About cooking and 'Smaakt naar Muziek'

17:13 'Salamander', co-written with Aspasia Nasopoulou and Floris van der Vlugd, performed by Duo Bilitis

(Anthony writes: "Salamander was a piece that I cowrote for the first time with two other composers: Aspasia Nasopoulou, Floris van der Vlugd. It was a fantastic experience and absolutely loved working with these two amazing artists. The piece Is based on a poem about the salamander by Francisco de Quevedo and was written specifically for the multitalented Duo Bilitis.")

18:04 About incorporating theater into composition

25:23 A marbled journey as a composer, voice actor, chef and writer

31:32 'In the Blind', performed by Rosemary Carlton-Willis, Björk Níelsdóttir, Magdalena Michalko, Kat Carlson, Pauline Gonthier, and Barbara Kits

(Anthony writes: "In the blind is a piece for SSA divisi a cappella choir. It’s a piece about the complexity of reconciliation and was written in quarantine around the period of Australia’s reconciliation week.")

33:04 Finding one's community, about Co-Composers Amsterdam (CoCoA)

38:50 'Salamander'

39:36 About music studies and all the things to know as a freelance musician

46:15 Taxes

54:13 'Ebb', performed by Diamanda La Berg Dramm and Jelle Verstraten

(Anthony writes: "I wrote ebb way back in 2018 commissioned by the Diamanda La Berg Dramm. I worked with Jelle Verhuizen on the electronics where he wrote a convolution reverb patch based on my concept. The piece is about words we would’ve rather not ever released into the wild; words we wished we could take back; and the uncontrollable power of these words.")

56:32 'Musician', what does that mean?

57:37 Where to find Anthony

01:02:31 Outro

Anthony's website

Anthony on SoundCloud

Anthony on YouTube

Anthony on Vimeo

'As I Hear It' on YouTube

'Tic' on YouTube

Podcast soundtrack by Mohamed Amer.

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