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Alon Ilsar CEO, Airsticks

CEO of AirSticks, instrument inventor and audio-visual virtual percussionist - 'Man, body, music, and light as one…'

Winner of People's Choice Best Performance and Best Overall Instrument at the Guthman International Instrument Competition in Atlanta, Georgia 2019.

Alon Ilsar is an Australian drummer, composer, sound designer and instrument designer. He is co-designer of a new interface for electronic percussionists called the AirSticks, using the instrument on ABC TV, Triple J and at Sydney Vivid Festival and NYC's MET Museum in projects such as Tuka (from Thundamentals), Sandy Evans’ ‘Rockpool,’ Ellen Kirkwood’s ‘[A]part‘, Kirin J Callinan, Kind of Silence (UK), Trigger Happy and The Sticks.

He has been heavily involved in theatre and film as drummer, composer and sound designer. His diverse projects include Belvoir Theatre’s ‘Keating! the Musical,’ Sydney Theatre Company’s ‘Mojo,’ Scottish production for deaf and hearing audiences ‘Kind of Silence,’ Meow Meow with the London Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, Alan Cumming, Jake Shears, Eddie Perfect, Tim Minchin, Circus Monoxide as musical director, Lance Horne, Zohar’s Nigun, Aronas, Captain Kirkwood, Ground Patrol, The Colors Tribute Band, Gauche, Glitch Jukebox, Tango Saloon, Facemeat and Darth Vegas.

Alon has completed a PhD in instrument design through the University of Technology, Sydney’s Creativity and Cognition Studios, under the supervision of Andrew Johnston. In 2016, he completed a one-year artist residency at Brooklyn College’s PIMA in New York working on new collaborations with musicians, visual artists and dancers such as Trevor Dunn, David Grubbs, Jim Black, Briggan Krauss, Kyle Sanna, Dana Lyn and Hannah Cohen of Neshamah Dance Company.

Alon is also the CEO of the start up AirSticks - Winners of the Most Original Start Up at UTS's Start Ups Awards 2018.

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Ben Skinnner - XploroIllia Statkevych - SoundbenderJason Boyd - SoundbenderAlon Ilsar - CEO, AirsticksSimone Chua - Co-Founder, amigo & amigoViveka Weiley - Head of New Things, CHOICEAnn Schoefer - Deputy Director Partnership and Engagement, UTSKristyn Wuebbolt - Founder, MondaTim Cochran - Founder & CEO, QorsiMathilde De Bretteville - Xploro

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