About Yuri Bryars
Born on the West-Coast of Canada in 1999 to two artistic parents, I have been heavily involved in music and film from an early age, playing on the piano since the age of 3 and the double bass from the age of 5. I studied music at the Junior Guildhall in London until the age of 10 and from then until 18 was a music scholar at Oakham School in Rutland. I studied History and War Studies (BA) at Kings College London, and following on from this spent a year studying at the National Film and Television School and am currently completing a part-time MMUS at the Royal Birmingham Conservatory.
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I worked on my first film as a film composer in 2019 and have since written music for various mediums: film, theatre, installations, as well as for ensembles and soloist in the classical concert world. I also continue to perform around the world as a Pianist and Double Bass player in ensembles and work on recording projects for films.
Up-Coming Projects
Drummer Boy (2025)
Feature Film based off the Soviet Writer Arkady Gaidar's book
I have been involved in this project since its conception and wrote music that was performed as part of scenes in the filming. I am currently working with the director and editor to score the film
Due Qui (2024)
Installation at the Venice Biennale
Music co-written as part of the Italian Pavilion at 2024 Venice Biennale, recorded in Venice in February 2024.
Exhibition opens in April 2024 with a live performance on the 17th of April
The Life of Sydney Gibbes (2025)
Documentary film
Involved as both a composer and cinematographer
Documentary on the life of Sydney Gibbes, the English Tutor to the kids of the last royal family of Russia. Explores his experience there and how it effected the rest of his life as he turned to Orthodoxy and set up a church in Oxford dedicated to the Romanovs