David Pyke : Associate Artist
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Random Audio Sample: Scorpion Fish Dance (solo piano) by David Pyke, from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 139. |
Artist website: https://davidwpyke.com/
David William Pyke
Australian Composer
Selected Career Highlights (One Page)
- Australian composer active internationally across orchestral, chamber, ballet, and interdisciplinary music.
- Best known for Ballet of the Matryoshka Dolls (premiered and recorded 2011, Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra, Bulgaria) and Symphony No. 4 - The Great Barrier Reef.
- January 5, 2024: World premiere of Desert Suite for String Orchestra by the Portland Youth Philharmonic (USA).
- Works performed, recorded, and premiered across Europe, North America, Africa, and Australia.
- Longstanding engagement with ballet, including international collaboration on Né:Roi with Kenneth Ludden (Margot Fonteyn Academy of Ballet, New York).
- RADF Grant recipient (multiple awards), including Douglas Shire Council (2024) for a new string orchestra work themed on the Mowbray River, south of Port Douglas.
- Chamber and solo works recorded internationally, including String Quartet No. 1 (Lviv, Ukraine) and Mowbray River Murmurs for piano (Marina Romeyko).
- Ongoing interdisciplinary collaboration on DAWNzeit, including recordings (Dawn Sketches, 2026) and the harp work Prelude to a Day.
- Catalogue of works held by the National Library of Australia.
Selected Major Works
- Symphony No. 1 in D minor (2002)
- Young Leaf Fantasia (Orchestra)
- Ballet of the Matryoshka Dolls (Ballet Orchestra)
- Symphony No. 4 - The Great Barrier Reef
- Desert Suite (String Orchestra)
- Mowbray River Murmurs (Piano)
- String Quartet No. 1
- Dalia (Mezzo-soprano & Guitar)
- Postcards from Luxembourg (Flute)
- Scorpion Fish Dance (Piano)
- Dawn Sketches
- Prelude to a Day (Harp)
- Né:Roi (Ballet - collaboration)
Grants & Recognition
- Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) - multiple awards (Mackay Regional Council; Douglas Shire application for subsequent orchestral work).
- Works catalogued by the National Library of Australia.
Professional Affiliations
- Australian Composer
- International collaborative practice across Europe, North America, and Australia.
Location
Australia
Full catalogue, recordings, and performance history available on request.
David Pyke — current to January 2026
Selected Commissions
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Mowbray River Murmurs : for string orchestra (2024) | RADF funded project: The Regional Arts Development Fund is partnership between the Queensland Government and Douglas Shire Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland. |
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Symphony No.4 : The Great Barrier Reef : full orchestra (2004) | Mackay Regional Council RADF Grant |