Ashley Hribar is an Australian pianist-composer-curator whose work spans multimedia performance, improvisation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. His practice includes live cinema soundtracks, contemporary music projects, specific works created for festivals, orchestral works for ballet and dance and international touring stages.
Buster Keaton Alive! celebrates the brilliance of silent film icon Buster Keaton through a live cinema performance featuring newly composed soundtracks to The Scarecrow (1920, 23 min), Cops (1922, 22 min), and Sherlock Jr. (1924, 46 min). With ragtime-inspired piano, electronics, and cinematic storytelling, it brings Keaton’s timeless comedy vividly to life.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Wiene, 1920, 76 minutes) is a landmark of German Expressionist cinema, following Francis as he confronts a world where reality is unstable and uncertain. Performed live with amplified piano, electronics, a Moog DFAM, and experimental instruments, this score creates a dark, immersive reinterpretation of the film.
