The natural world is perfect
I go to great lengths to reflect that in my work
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Jonathan Kawchuk is a Canadian composer and sound artist. His score for the Emmy® Award-winning film Hunt for the Oldest DNA (2024) won the Canadian Screen Music Award (CASMA) for Best Original Score in a Documentary. He has scored episodes of CBC’s The Nature of Things and PBS's Nova, including True Survivors and Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography. His work spans theatre, film, and sound installations. He has worked on albums for Nico Muhly and Ben Frost, and has studied field recording under Chris Watson. An alumnus of several music residencies, he is a Grammy voting member, recording artist on Paper Bag Records, and the Canadian representative for acoustic conservation non-profit Quiet Parks International. A piece from his album Everywhen was selected to open the third day of TED2026.
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