Ryan Lynch.
Saxophones, clarinets, oboe, cor anglais.
Image by Kate Baker.
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I feel like I started actively making art once I left high school. I had to decide what I wanted to sound like, what music I was drawn to and I had to find a way to stand out as an artist.
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I loved being a part of the video series we did of Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire. It was really exciting to present the work in video form as to feature not only the music but dance and film making too. The videos turned out beautifully, and the experience was definitely a one of my favourite projects since joining Forest Collective.
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I love to foster animals! During the Covid lockdowns in Melbourne, I fostered three greyhounds and two cats. Fostering is great for being able to have a pet without committing to full time parenthood.
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I love impressionistic art and in particular music from that era. Claude Monet's work Woman with a Parasol is a favourite of mine.
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Though I'm not a strong dancer or singer, that doesn't stop me from trying whenever I put Chaka Khans album 'Chaka' on. Good disco era music will never age.
Ryan Lynch is a Naarm based multi-instrumentalist and freelance musician working across Australia with a focus on contemporary classical styles and musical theatre.
Ryan started his musical journey at the age of 10 un-wavered by the likes of Mozart and Beethoven, it was Lisa Simpson who first ignited Ryan’s passion for the saxophone.
Outside of his music studies at the University of Melbourne, Ryan’s musical highlights have been performing with Melbourne Opera, Opera Australia, Hugh Jackman’s Australian tour and guest performing with the Northern Contemporary Collective in Leeds. In the future, Ryan looks forward to starting his own ensemble with a emphasis on Australian composers and artists.
Ryan has recently performed in Adelaide, Manila, Taiwan and Singapore as part of the international company of Miss Saigon.