Blair’s music fuses classical and indigenous traditions with electronics in a mesmerising minimalist soundscape.
Warwick Blair has a reputation of one of the most eminent composers New Zealand has produced in years. His performances have become his personal explorations of a musical palette that draws on various seemingly opposing genres or styles, creating a compelling and challenging soundscape.
Recent Works
Curtain from Union
Submerged Night extensible for sop, str orch, elec
Lull extensible for cello and pno
Āngi (Air) str orch, elec
Protest extensible for bs dr, elec
What People Are Saying
“very original and refreshing musical ideas… he is working at a new kind of ‘world’ or ‘universal’ metaphysical musical language…”
— Louis Andriessen
“one of New Zealand’s most original musical thinkers”
— NZ Herald
“If Stockhausen had been a Zen Buddhist he could have been Warwick Blair”
— Sunday Star Times
“enfant terrible of New Zealand Music”
— NZ Listener
“Blair has developed a unique style of composing… with striking results... it’s surprising, fresh and inspiring”
— Andrew Claxton from Dead Can Dance