Alexander Garsden is a composer, guitarist and electroacoustic musician, working across multiple exploratory musical disciplines. He is based in regional Victoria, near Naarm (Melbourne), Australia.
His notated music has been commissioned by Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Speak Percussion, Michael Kieran Harvey, and Jessica Aszodi, amongst others. His research and compositional output primarily relates to novel approaches to frequency, inharmonicity, and extended just intonation.
His recorded collaborations include with Tetuzi Akiyama (Japan), Ida Duelund Hansen (Denmark), Julia Reidy, David Stackenäs (Sweden), and Quiver. He has performed with Oren Ambarchi, Natasha Anderson, Jim Denley, Rohan Drape, Golden Fur, Radu Malfatti (Austria), Kim Myhr (Norway), Joe Talia, Lizzy Welsh, Erkki Veltheim, and many of Melbourne’s underground and folk acts including Ned Collette, Yuko Kono, Francis Plagne, and Grand Salvo.
From 2014 to 2019 Alexander was co-director of the INLAND Concert Series, which held over 50 concerts across Australia, showcasing artists whose work spans notated, improvised, electroacoustic, popular and interdisciplinary practices.
As an educator, he has taught through the RMIT and the University of Melbourne.
contact: info [at] alexandergarsden [dot] com
I live and work on djandak (country) that has been cared for by Djaara (Dja Dja Wurrung people) for many thousands of years. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the traditional and sovereign custodians of the country we call Australia, and I extend my respect to all First Australians, their ancestors, elders, and future generations. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.