Biography

Redwan Hamzah is a composer, singer/songwriter, musician and educator.

Interfacing with different disciplines, he has composed for dance, theatre and film: works include Dock 65, Hypnagogia, Civil Twilight, Eudaimonia, In Parallel, Body History: III (Sigma Contemporary Dance), Stolen Dance (Translucent Bodies) and Sunny (Viddsee). He has also performed in an improvisatory context for various shows, most recently Unsound Bodies and Weaving Worlds (Esplanade).  He writes and performs guitar with the likes of Sezairi, Tim De Cotta, Taufik Batisah, Imran Ajmain and aeriqah, gracing stages such as ASEAN-IMF (India-Seher), Laneway, Baybeats, SingJazz etc.

He is a co-founder of Insyncsg where he spearheads program development for contemporary music education in schools, whilst teaching in various JCs as a musical director.

Currently a resident artist at National Gallery Singapore, his work blends synthetic and organic sounds in search of magic between familiarity and fantasy.

“I have been playing music with Redwan for the better part of the last 10 years. He possesses incredible technical capabilities as well as an intimate soulfulness to his playing that is hard to come by. Well-known for his attention to detail and care for whatever he works on, Redwan is always on the top of my list for a session or gig call.”

Sezairi • Recording Artist, Cat Dad