Dylan Lardelli Explained

Dylan Lardelli
Birth Date:	DD MM YYYY
Genre:	Classical
Instrument:	Guitar
Occupation:	Composer

Dylan Lardelli (born 1979) is a New Zealand composer and guitarist. He is of Māori Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tūhoe descent.

Early life

Lardelli was born in Wellington in 1979 of Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tūhoe descent.^{[1] [2]} He attended school in Hawkes Bay, starting to learn the guitar in the 5th form (Year 11 in the New Zealand school system).^[3]

He enrolled at Victoria University of Wellington to study guitar and composition, where his lecturers were John Psathas, Ross Harris and Jack Body. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in guitar and, in 2003, a Masters in composition.^[4]

Career

Lardelli won first prize in the 2003 Asian Composers League Young Composers Competition for his work Four fragments.^[5] In 2003–2004 he was composer in residence with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, a position he shared with Anthony Young. He received the Composers Association of New Zealand Trust Fund award in 2005.

Lardelli has studied in Europe and his works have been performed internationally. He received a Creative New Zealand Edwin Carr Scholarship in 2006 which he used to study with Stefano Bellon in Venice.^[6] He worked with at the Lübeck Musikhochschule in Germany from 2009 to 2010. His music has been performed at the Gaudeamus music week in Amsterdam, the Darmstadt New Music Festival and in Europe, Asia, North American and Australia.^[7]

In 2017 he received funding from the APRA AMCOS Arts Music Fund to compose a work for the German ensemble Musikfabrik to tour Germany, New Zealand and Japan.^{[8] [9]}

Lardelli was the University of Otago's Mozart Fellow for two years in 2018 and 2019.^{[10] [11] [12]}

Selected works

• Four fragments: chamber ensemble (2002)
• Three colours: for orchestra (2002)
• To my winter: for solo oboe (2002)
• From grey : introduction and movement for string orchestra and harp (2002)
• First ice (Lachrymae) : prelude and movement for solo guitar (2002)
• Eidolon : solo cello (2003)
• Reign : a “landscape prelude” for piano (2005)
• Duo for oboe and guitar (2005)
• Revenir. II : for saxophone quartet (2005)
• Tumbu : for solo clarinet and orchestra (2005)
• Frederick Street fragment : for children's chamber orchestra (2007)
• Pan awakes : for orchestral wind & brass (2009)
• Arrangements : for saxophone quartet (2011)
• Duo for oboe and guitar (2011)
• Mobiles : for flute, violin, clarinet, cello and piano (2011)
• Hiki-iro : for solo koto (2012)
• Refining metals : for piccolo/bass flute, soprano saxophone and percussion (2012)
• One body : for clarinet quartet (2013)
• Between strings : for violin, cello, guzheng, piano (2013)
• Mapping, an inlay : for string quartet (2015)
• Conditions of forgetting : for tenor recorder, electric guitar, percussion, violin, cello and double bass (2016)
• Walking : for Electone (2018)
• Carrying : for flute, and bass recorder (2018)
• Holding : for shō, oboe, recorder, violin and koto (2018)

External links

• Dylan Lardelli on Ensemble Musikfabrik website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lardelli, Dylan 1979-. live. WorldCat identities. https://web.archive.org/web/20210718031728/https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2004111089/ . 18 July 2021 .
2. Web site: Dylan Lardelli. live. 2021-07-18. www.sounz.org.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20180128054913/https://www.sounz.org.nz/contributors/1238 . 28 January 2018 .
3. Holloway. Samuel. 2005. In conversation with Dylan Lardelli. Canzona. 26. 47. 31–32.
4. Web site: 18 June 2005. Honour for HB-raised composer. live. 2021-07-18. NZ Herald. en-NZ. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185257/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/honour-for-hb-raised-composer/NUP6MMYS2NSDIQJGUA6ENB63SY/ . 9 July 2021 .
5. Web site: 2014. Young composers, 2000 onwards. live. 2021-07-18. teara.govt.nz. mi. https://web.archive.org/web/20171011192506/https://teara.govt.nz/mi/composers/page-5 . 11 October 2017 .
6. Web site: 18 November 2013. Bay composer's work to tour NZ. live. 2021-07-18. NZ Herald. en-NZ. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184700/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/lifestyle/bay-composers-work-to-tour-nz/VKG4IBLR3UO5CHNESHIQNQSYZQ/ . 9 July 2021 .
7. Web site: Fox. Rebecca. 2019-12-19. Surprised in the South. 2021-07-18. Otago Daily Times Online News. en. 9 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190207/https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/music/surprised-south. live.
8. Web site: AMCOS. APRA. 2017 Recipients. 2021-07-18. apraamcos.co.nz. 19 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210719165410/https://apraamcos.co.nz/about-us/supporting-the-music-industry/art-music-fund/2017-recipients/. live.
9. Web site: King. Cassandra. News - Dylan Lardelli Receives 2017 Art Music Fund Grant. live. 2021-07-18. NZ Musician. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20170517185309/http://nzmusician.co.nz/news/dylan-lardelli-receives-prize/ . 17 May 2017 .
10. Web site: 13 September 2017. Prestigious University of Otago Arts Fellowships announced. live. 2021-07-18. University of Otago. en-nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20170913002300/http://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago662523.html . 13 September 2017 .
11. Web site: Lewis. John. 2017-09-13. Arts fellowships recipients announced. 2021-07-18. Otago Daily Times Online News. en. 9 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191746/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/arts-fellowships-recipients-announced. live.
12. Web site: 11 September 2018. 2019 University of Otago Arts Fellows named. live. 2021-07-18. University of Otago. en-nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20190514215638/https://www.otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/news/otago695162.html . 14 May 2019 .