Cyrus Meurant (b.1982) studied composition and violin at the Conservatorium of Music University of Sydney, completing Honours Class I (2003) and a Master of Music in Composition (2006), winning both the Frank Albert Prize for Music (2002) and also the Sarah Theresa Makinson Prize for Composition (2003).
His teachers have included Anne Boyd, Ross Edwards, Brett Dean, Martin Bresnick, Matthew Hindson, and Richard Meale. A Churchill Fellowship (2006-7) enabled Meurant to attend studies with Simon Bainbridge (Royal Academy of Music, London), Frédéric Durieux (Conservatoire de Paris) and Martijn Padding (Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag). In 2004 he was awarded the NIDA/AYO composition fellowship completing the score for Stephen Jeffrey’s The Clink, directed by Helmut Bakaitis.
He has completed works for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Martyn Brabbins), The Australian Ballet, The National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sonic Art Ensemble, Orchestra Victoria (conducted by Richard Mills), Sydney Symphony String Fellows, the Darwin International Guitar Festival, Australian Youth Orchestra and Symphony Australia Composition Programs.
Meurant’s music has been performed at the World Shakuhachi Festival, the Aurora Festival, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Tufts University, Melbourne University, Monash University and the Australian National University as well as being set to new choreography at the Theatre Basel, Switzerland, The Place, London and The Sydney Theatre. His work has been broadcast on Radio Polskie and ABC Classic FM. He has completed works for Marshall McGuire, Riley Lee, Claire Edwardes, Bernadette Harvey, Jessica Azsodi and Zubin Kanga.
Recent projects include the creation of a music picture book Poems for Piotr – a collaboration with artist Lang Leav and singer Angela Little, Triptych for the Plec Sextet in Amsterdam and a new work for choreographer Corey Baker.