My newest piece, Silent Winter, is out now on the phenomenal Berlin-based post-classical label, 7K!, as part of their ambient-inspired contemporary classical/electronic compilation, Ambient Layers Vol. II. It’s a gorgeous record and I wrote the bones of my piece while on pandemic lockdown shortly after moving to Germany. When asked to[…]
Sat May 20th, 2023 – 7pm Center for New Music – 55 Taylor St. San Francisco, CA 94102 Tickets/info: https://centerfornewmusic.com/event/r-beny-and-george-hurd/ After almost two years living in Berlin, I’m returning to San Francisco for my first show since 2020. Sat May 20th I’ll be performing a solo ambient electro-acoustic set with[…]
So proud to announce that the brilliant, Grammy-winning Third Coast Percussion has released our new record, Currents Vol. 1! Available to purchase thru Bandcamp and to stream everywhere, this is an incredible album, featuring my 5-movement piece What Stories We Tell alongside music by some truly great composers: Clarice Assad,[…]
It’s an honor to have contributed music to the podcast ‘Wind of Change,’ to have it be one of the most listened to podcasts of the year, and now to be named one of the best podcasts of 2020. For such a terrible year this was an extremely welcome and humbling[…]
Feast your eyes on an interview I did with the good people at the CSMA about my Echolocation project, and what you can expect to see/hear at my solo show on April 6th. There’s a LOT going into this one, both musically and visually, and I’m itchin’ to bring it[…]
I’m playing an incredible solo show on April 6th as part of the CSMA’s Electronic Music Festival. I’ll be performing some wild new, all-electronic pieces both from my Echolocation project and beyond, all composed of field recordings I collected around the world, woven together with percussive beats, original recordings of[…]
I wrote a song for my wife that I played to her in a small town in southern Portugal on the day I proposed to her. It took years of sneaky recording sessions and late-night writing to make it happen; calling in favors from friends in Chicago, Munich, and San[…]
My solo show at Spectrum was fantastic. Their Brooklyn venue is strange and beautiful, somewhere between the inside of a wooden ship and an industrial warehouse that’s been outfitted to present the weirdest music imaginable. I was supporting a slew of different free jazz artists who played a wildly haunting[…]
UPDATE: FESTIVAL IS SOLD OUT – check the website for availability. All exhibits are still open to the public though. The Hurd Ensemble is performing as part of the Community School for Music and Art’s first Electronic Music Festival. The free three-day fest is showcasing electronic and electro-acoustic acts with[…]
I’ll be heading out to Chico, CA for a set of brand-new music for solo electronics as part of the Decomposition Music Series on Jan 10th. Part of a 4-week residency by the Uncle Dad’s Art Collective, the series focuses on the concept of Decomposition as it relates to art,[…]