Jonathan Dimond - Birder: Exploration of intercultural influences in contemporary composition (2019)

Jonathan Dimond is a multi-instrumentalist composer/performer, who brings together the worlds of Western classical, jazz and intercultural musics.

Since undertaking formal studies in North Indian classical music in 1993, Dimond’s compositions have been influenced by raga, and the rhythmic cycles and devices associated with both North and South Indian classical music.

He performs with Tripataka

This album contains the audio recordings associated with my research for my PhD in composition. This album demonstrates the potential of a range of contemporary compositional techniques that seek to fuse intercultural approaches with jazz and Western art music, resulting in an hybridized contemporary style.