Hayden Chisholm

composer, musician

A New Zealand saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and producer, Hayden has been at the forefront of the European music scene for over a decade.  He currently records for the labels Nonplace and Plushmusic.

Along with several releases he has been a driving force behind the label Nonplace, as well as creating music for several of artist Rebecca Horn's recent installations. Together with the artist Rebecca Horn, Hayden has set up the Moontower foundation for Art and Music based in Bad Koenig, Germany. He as toured with Julee Cruise, Jaki Liebezeit of CAN, and his own music collective The Embassadors. In 2008 his recording with the group root70 was awarded the top prize of the German Record Critics. Together with Adrian Brendel he founded www.plushmusic.tv, a live music label featuring quality sound and HD video streamed over an advanced new social networking platform. His music blog softspeakers.com has become one of Germany's most popular jazz pages.

Hayden, along with musician / composers Claudio Bohorquez and Gareth Lubbe will be developing an original score for Naked Mind.

blog: softspeakers.com
hompage: haydenchisholm.net
label:  plushmusic.tv