Benjamin Dwyer

Irish composer, guitarist and musicologist, born 3 August 1965. A classical guitarist, and a major exponent of contemporary music and free improvisation, Dwyer performs worldwide and has appeared as soloist with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the [a557187], the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie (Germany), the Santos Symphony Orchestra (Brazil), the VOX21 new-music ensemble, [a1954942] (UK) and the [a1320720] (Germany). He is a member of Barry Guy’s Blue Shroud Band, a founder-member of TIN (the UK-based Transdisciplinary Improvisation Network) and co-founder of Coterminous, a cross-disciplinary collective (dance, music, film).