BIO & LIST OF WORKS

BIO

Max Burstyn is a multi-disciplinary artist from London, and a recent Master's graduate with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music.

He currently works for Charts of London as a Senior Music Copyist, and MindLink AI as the Lead Audiovisual Programmer.

His aim as a composer is to use music and interactive experiences as a tool to understand and shape our perceptions, and his process often involves using environmental or sociological data as building material for new compositions. His Master's thesis focussed on the formation of new types of arts therapies, combining 3D visual manipulation, music-making, and wireless interactive technologies.

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 goals is investigating the practical application of music and sound 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