Dustin Donahue

Los Angeles-based percussionist Dustin Donahue is an advocate for contemporary music, and has commissioned and premiered a large body of solo and chamber music by living composers while continuing to perform music of the 20th-century avant-garde. He frequently performs with the International Contemporary Ensemble and collaborates with many of southern California’s presenters of contemporary music, such as WasteLAnd, the Ojai Music Festival, Monday Evening Concerts, Jacaranda Music, and San Diego New Music. As a soloist, Dustin has recently performed in Reykjavik and Christchurch, and was featured performing the music of Brian Ferneyhough at Stanford University. He appears on releases for Mode, Decca, Stradivarius, and Populist Records.