Dubbed "an excellent example of the new generation of composers who have corralled influences of pop music and minimalism into a rich and lively genre of chamber music" by Village Voice>> new music critic Kyle Gann>>, Max Giteck Duykers is a composer whose work is dedicated to unusual beauty.

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His music has been heard throughout the United States, Korea, Italy, and Romania. His latest piece "Glance" will be premiered by the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra on February 27th 2010 at Stony Brook University. He has composed for or received commissions from numerous performers and presenting organizations, including Rachel Beetz, Philip Everall, Lisa Dowling, John Duykers>>, Jill Sokol, the Stony Brook Department of Theatre Arts, the Oakland Youth Orchestra>>, PS122>>, Walkerspace, HERE Arts Center>>, Dixon Place>>, Chashama>>, Fordham University, and Warren Wilson College. He has also received premieres by Trio Tara>>, The Seattle Chamber Players>>, Anti-Social Music>>, The Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players>>, violinist Esther Noh>>, violinist Sibbi Bernhardsson>>, Raw Impressions>>, and others. Duykers’ “Twilight for Adored and Breathless Moments” was featured at the Music08>> festival at the University of Cincinnati in June 2008, with guest composers Steve Reich>> and Frederic Rzewski>> and ensemble-in-residence Eighth Blackbird>>. Duykers was also featured at the soundSCAPE 2008>> music festival at the Vittadini School of Music in Pavia, Italy in July 2008. He also was the recipient of a Meet-The-Composer Award>> for the performance of "Twilight for Adored and Breathless Moments", featured at the Seattle Chamber Players’ Icebreaker IV>> contemporary music festival in January 2008. The piece was called “full of surprises” by The Seattle Weekly>>, and a “gem…beautiful…an absolute pleasure to hear” by artdish.com.>>. More reviews>>

In the past ten years Duykers has composed music for over 30 theatrical, dance, short film, and multimedia projects in New York City, and with the theatre group Prototype>>, he was an Artist in Residence at HERE Arts Center>> in New York from 2002-2004. In 2000-2001 he worked for Philip Glass’ The Looking Glass Studios>> and Dunvagen Music Publishers>>, where he did studio recording, Pro-Tools post-production, music sequencing, music copying and music editing for the Philip Glass Ensemble>>, film scoring projects, and operatic works.

As a youth he studied with composers John Adams>> and Richard Zvonar>>, and continued his studies at Oberlin Conservatory>> with Randy Coleman>> and Wendell Logan>>. He is a PhD candiate in the music composition program at Stony Brook University>> where he has studied with Sheila Silver>>, Dan Weymouth>> and Perry Goldstein>>. At Stony Brook he also teaches music theory, musicianship and private composition lessons to undergraduate music majors.

Max lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife Rebecca Curinga>> and their son Quinlan>>.

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