Omnium-gatherum, a ‘medley of various things’ around the piano, features two solo concerts during November and December, with two acclaimed pianists with divergent practices.
In this concert, Gabriella Smart performs her own work, Nuance for piano and Seaboard Roli.
Gabriella Smart is a leading advocate of new music in Australia, with sustained contribution over 35 years. Her expertise and leadership as an Australian representative artist has been recognised with numerous awards and grants, including an Australia Council for the Arts Paris Residency, and an APRA AMCOS Award for Excellence by an Individual. Gabriella performs extensively in Australia and internationally, and her composer commissions include Perth International Festival, ABC Classic and Art Zoyd (France).
Gabriella is Artistic Director of Soundstream New Music. She has performed extensively in Australia (Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Adelaide International Festivals, MOFO and TURA), and internationally, premiering a multitude of new works for solo piano in Europe and China and collaborating with musicians including Elena Kats Chernin, Cat Hope, Tina Havelock Stevens, and Alvin Curran.