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 Irish Chamber Orchestra, the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie (Germany), the Santos Symphony Orchestra (Brazil), the VOX21 new-music ensemble, The Callino Quartet (UK) and the Vogler Quartett (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).