Max Burstyn
BIO
Max Burstyn is a multi-disciplinary artist from London, and a Master's graduate with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music.
Over the past 3 years he has worked for MindLink AI - a neuroscience technology startup - as Head of Audiovisual Programming, for Charts of London as a Senior Music Copyist working on orchestral scores for Marvel, Universal, and BBC, and for Dominic Harris Studios as an Unreal Engine 5 Developer and Sound Designer.
With a background in music composition, classical piano training, electronic music production and performance, software development, and 3D environment design, he aims to bring these skills together to create new interactive and immersive artworks which expand the boundaries of creative expression.
His musical influences come from Middle-Eastern and Far-East Asian traditions, late Russian and French romantic piano music, and experimental electronica, and his conceptual influences come from scientific subjects such as astronomy, biochemistry, and physics. One of his primary goals is investigating the practical application of music in environmental data analysis, medicine, therapy, and neuroscience.
List of Works (New Classical and Production)
George Fu Solo Piano Project, Recored at the Royal Academy of Music
Action Potential - 5 mins
Solo Piano Work
FP: 12th February 2021
Surrealist Cabaret Project, Performed at the Royal Academy of Music
Kinaesthesia - 10 mins
Chamber Work - Two Dancers, Interactive Audiovisuals, Jazz Ensemble
FP: 14th February 2020, RAM, London
Symphony Orchestra Project, Performed at the Royal Academy of Music
Neurodynamics - 10 mins
Orchestral Work - Symphony Orchestra
FP: 29th October 2019, RAM, London
Multimedia Piano Festival [Installation], Curated at the Royal Academy of Music, Hackney WickED Festival, and Bloomsbury Festival
Planets Dancing on the Keys of a Piano - 10 mins
Audiovisual Work - MIDI Keyboard and Audio-reactive Projections
FP: 3rd July 2019, RAM, London
Multimedia Piano Festival [Performance], Performed at the Royal Academy of Music and Spoleto Festival in Italy
Planets Dancing on the Keys of a Piano - 10 mins
Audiovisual Work - Piano and Audio-reactive Projections
FP: 1st July 2019, RAM, London
Carte Blanche Composer's Project, Performed at the Royal Academy of Music
Androids Seeping Sonic Code - 10 mins
Chamber Work - Live Coding, Alto Saxophone, Percussion, Piano, and Electric Bass
FP: 2nd May 2019, RAM, London
HERMES Experiment Project, Performed at the Royal Academy of Music
Cuil Theory Dreamscape - 7 mins
Chamber Work - Soprano Voice, Clarinet in Bb, Harp, and Double Bass
FP: 29th April 2019, RAM, London
CHROMA Ensemble Project, Performed at the Royal Academy of Music
Goodbye Species - 8 mins
Chamber Work -Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Violin, and Violonello
FP: 14th February 2019, RAM, London
Interactive Audio-Visual Installation, Curated at the Royal Academy of Music
Not Man Apart - 10 mins
Touch Designer, DAWs, Projector, and Stereo Speakers
FP: 19-23rd Novemeber 2018 (Part of the SPACED Project)
Debut EP
Komorebi - 15 mins
Saxophone, Clarinet, and DAWs
Released: August 2018 on Spotify, iTunes, and most other major online music services
Performing the Jewish Archive Project, Performed at the British Library
My Soviet Passport - Poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky 1929 - 4 mins
Chamber Work - Soprano Voice and Violoncello
FP: 27th June 2017
Film Score - Fair Charlotte - Premiered at the University of North Carolina's Film Festival
Fair Charlotte - 10 mins
Electronics
FP: 1st May April 2017, NC, USA
Rosamund Prize, Performed at the RNCM
Aplysia Californication - Poem by Ian Walker 2016 - 5 mins
Chamber Work - Soprano Voice, Flute, Percussion, and Piano
FP: 9th April 2017 Manchester
Recorded at the RNCM
Glass Temple - 5-15 mins
Chamber Work - Clarinet in Bb, Trumpet in Bb, Percussion, and Piano
FP: 27th February 2017, Manchester (Modular music, 3 versions of score, different methods of performance)
Everything Unknown - 10 mins
Solo Work - Chinese Guqin
2016-2017 (Score written using traditional Chinese Guqin notation)
2 - 4 mins
Chamber Work - Harmonica in C and Acoustic Guitar
2016 - 2017
RNCM Brand New Orchestra
Chaos - 8 mins
Symphony Orchestra
FP: 21st January 2017, Manchester (Score based on random numbers)
ECG Carving Heartbeats - 10 mins
Chamber Work - String Sextet
2016 (Score translated from graphic data of my own electrocardiograph)
Rubik’s Music - 20 - ∞ mins
Chamber Work - Any combination of 6 instruments
2016 (Score written and read on 5x5x5 Rubik’s Cube)
Listen - Poem by E.E Cummings 1964 - 5 mins
Chamber Work - Soprano Voice, Flute, and Violoncello
2016
In The Moment of Death - 5 mins
Electronics - DAW (Reason)
2016
Experiment No. 3 - 5 mins
Chamber Work - Three Double Basses (MIDI, Synthetic, Live)
2016
Recorded at Sydney Conservatorium, Australia
° - 5-15 mins
Chamber Work - 1 to 4 Flutes (or any instruments which can be played standing up)
FP: 11th May 2016, Sydney
Small Voice Far Away - 5mins
Electronics - Vocal Recordings and DAW (Reason)
2016
The Lifecycle of a Magicicada - 10 mins
Chamber Work
2015-2016
Recorded at the RNCM
Skylines I-V - 20 mins
Chamber Work - Wind Quintet
FP: 4th December 2015, Manchester (Score based on shapes of skylines from different cities around the world)
Molecular Music I-IV - 10 mins
Chamber Orchestra
2015 (Score based on chemical data such as pitch = proton number)
Film Score - Lonesome - Premiered at HOME in Manchester
Lonesome Movie (1928) - 10 mins
Film Score - Bass Clarinet in Bb, Vibraphone, Piano, and String Quartet
FP: 19th April 2015, Manchester
The Life of a Drop of Water - 5 mins
Electronics - Field Recordings and DAW (Reason)
2016
Saxophone Sequenza - 3 mins
Solo Work - Tenor Saxophone
2014-15
Performed at the RNCM
In Search - 7 mins
Chamber Work - Bass Clarinet in Bb, French Horn in F, Vibraphone, and Violoncello
FP: 22nd February 2015, Manchester
Modifier - 4 mins
Chamber Work - Violin, Violoncello, and Piano
2014-15
Recorded at the RNCM
3 Piece Suite - 6 mins
Chamber Work - Alto, Tenor, and Baritone Saxophone, Drum Kit, and Piano
FP: 19th November 2014, Manchester
RNCM Brand New Orchestra
1 - 10 mins
Symphony Orchestra
FP: 23rd January 2015, RNCM, Manchester
A Dream Within a Dream - Poem by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 - 3 mins
Chamber Work - Soprano Voice and Piano
2014
Saevas- 5 mins
Chamber Work - Wind and Brass Sextet
2014
Percussion Quartet No. 1 - 3 mins
Chamber Work - Gong, Cow Bells, Marimba, and Drum Kit
2014
Performed at the Royal Northern Ballet School
Strong String - 4 mins
Dance Piece - Violoncello and 2 Ballet Dancers
FP: 16th May 2014, Manchester
Four Huts in a Storm - 5 mins
Solo Work - Clarinet in Bb
2014
One Cell Left - 50 mins
Electronics - DAW (Reason 8) - (Experimental liquid drum and bass album)
2013
Six Converging Rivers - 3 mins
Chamber Work - Wind Sextet
2013
Transist - 10 mins
Chamber Work - Two Pianos
2013
Performed at the RNCM
Miniatures I-IV - 6 mins
Chamber Work - String Quartet
FP: 14th October 2013, Manchester
12 Nocturnes - 50 mins
Solo Work - Piano
2011 - 2012
12 Preludes - 40 mins
Solo Work - Piano
2010 - 2011
12 Etudes - 30 mins
Solo Work - Piano
2009 - 2010