Anthony Leigh Dunstan (b. 1982) is a composer and writer. He co-founded the food and new music event Smaakt naar Muziek (Tastes Like Music). His music is concerned with the interrelationship of words and music. Anthony composes works in diverse settings for anything from solos to opera pieces. His music is performed in Europe, USA and Australasia. He has studied with Mary Finsterer, Michael Smetanin, Richard Ayres and Willem Jeths at the Sydney and Amsterdam Conservatoriums respectively under the Sydney University Postgraduate Award. To galvanise his experience in opera, Anthony has studied and worked alongside experts in the field such as stage director and dramaturge Javier López Piñón, Opera Forward Festival curator and baritone Anthony Heidweiller and leading operatic composers such as Peter Eötvös and Pascal Dusapin.