Biography

Anton Killin (b. 1986) is a Wellington-based composer of instrumental, electroacoustic, and mixed-media music. Anton is a founding member of SMP Ensemble; a member of two Wellington-based gamelan ensembles, Gamelan Padhang Moncar (Javanese) and Gamelan Taniwha Jaya (Balinese); and a member of several Wellington-based alternative bands (including Keller Kinder, Halva Eve, and Improv Noise Band). Anton completed a BMus(Hons) at the New Zealand School of Music in 2008 and a BA in philosophy and religious studies at Victoria University of Wellington in 2007.

Anton has had works performed/presented and workshopped by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand String Quartet, SMP Ensemble, Gamelan Padhang Moncar and Gamelan Taniwha Jaya (including at 2007 International Gamelan Festival in Yogyakarta, Java), Paul Doornbusch, and guitarist Dylan Lardelli. Anton is the recipient of the 2006 Indonesian Gamelan Prize (Victoria University of Wellington) and 2008 Max Julian Prize for Ethnomusicology (New Zealand School of Music).

Anton currently co-convenes the annual CANZ Nelson Composers Workshop with Carol Shortis.

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