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Gavin Bryars


Gavin Bryars is an English composer and double bassist based between Leicestershire, UK and British Columbia, Canada. Bryars, a pioneer of free improvisation with Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley, has been part of the British experimental music community since the late 1960s. He has also written extensively for the stage, including three full-length operas and dance works for Merce Cunningham, Edoaurd Lock and William Forsythe, and regularly performs internationally with the Gavin Bryars Ensemble.

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Gavin Bryars


Gavin Bryars is an English composer and double bassist based between Leicestershire, UK and British Columbia, Canada. Bryars, a pioneer of free improvisation with Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley, has been part of the British experimental music community since the late 1960s. He has also written extensively for the stage, including three full-length operas and dance works for Merce Cunningham, Edoaurd Lock and William Forsythe, and regularly performs internationally with the Gavin Bryars Ensemble.