Born in Wellington (NZ) of Māori Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tūhoe descent, Dylan holds degrees in Guitar Performance and Composition from Victoria University of Wellington. He has studied with Stefano Bellon in Venice and has held a DAAD stipend to work with Dieter Mack at the Lübeck Musikhochshule in Germany. He has held an artistic research residency at the Tokyo Wonder Site to work with Japanese instruments in contemporary music, an artist residency at Kulturkontakt in Vienna, and the Mozart Fellowship at Otago University in Dunedin. Dylan's music has been commissioned and performed throughout the world by musicians such as Lucas Vis, Klangforum Wien, Musikfabrik, Ensemble Phace, the New Zealand String Quartet, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hidejiro Honjoh, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Tosiya Suzuki, Fidelio Trio, Nanae Yoshimura, Ensemble Vortex Geneva, the Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra Beijing, and NZTrio. His works have been programmed in the Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam, the Darmstadt New Music Festival, the New Zealand Festival, the Metropolis New Music Festival in Melbourne, Midsumma Festival in Melbourne, OutHear New Music Week in Greece, the Takefu International Music Festival, the Aichi Trienniale, the Ljubljana New Music Forum, and the Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music. Dylan has performed with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Stroma, 175 East, Orchestra Wellington, and throughout Asia and Europe. He has presented solo recitals in the UK and New Zealand and presented new works for Baroque instruments, including Baroque Guitar, in Melbourne. He has recorded numerous compositions and is a strong advocate of New Zealand music, commissioning over 40 works and programming and events creation.
