Kester Hynds | Musician & Performer | Cello, Singing, Guitar, Composition, Clowning, Physical Theatre

I'm a London based composer/producer, musician, and performer. I write and produce music for film and stage, as well as wholly original songs and compositions.

I play six-string electric cello, synths, guitars, and use my voice with looping technology to create multi-layered soundscapes and compositions on the fly.

Training

I have a Diploma in Jazz & Popular Music (Goldsmiths, 2012), as well as Grade 8 Cello (1991).

I also continue to train in theatre practice, movement and dance:

The Axis Syllabus: Human Movement Lexicon with Frey Faust creator of the Axis Syllabus (2022)
Freedom in Falling clowning with Dan Less(2022)
Ferus Animi // Terra Nova movement with Tom English, founder of Ferus Animi // Terra Nova (2017)
Clown and Comedy with Mick Barnfather (2016)
Devising Dance with Roberto Olivan (Deltebre Dansa, 2016)
Moving the Environment: Questions Into Form with Daniel Lepkoff one of the pioneers of Contact Improvisation and Anatomical Release (2016)
Starting Points: Devising Workshop with Annabel Arden and Kasia Zaremba-Byrne (Complicité, 2014)
Trinity Laban Dance Summer School (Trinity Laban, 2012)
Meisner Technique with Kate Maravan (2014-2016)
Circus Arts: Rope, Straps and Chinese Pole (NCCA / My Aerial Home, 2012 onwards)

I’m also a dedicated yoga practitioner and teacher: Find me at Wild and Physical.

Gear

This is my basic looping set-up :-)

CELLOS & BOWS:

Acoustic Cello c. 1830, by R. Bright of Exeter, England
Pernambuco Bow, by John Clutterbuck
NS Design CR6 Electric Cello (6-string), by Ned Steinberger
Joule Bow (Carbon Fibre) by Coda Bow

Training

Gear

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CONTROLLERS and LOOPING:

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