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Charlie Sdraulig composes music characterised by quietude, intimacy and nuance. His work often explores sounds at (or beyond) the limits of traditional technique. Charlie has an ongoing interest in innovative presentation formats, spanning immersive spatial audio and live interactions with audiences.

His compositions have featured at the largest international contemporary music festivals, including Lucerne (Switzerland), MATA (USA), Rainy Days (Luxembourg) and SPOR (Denmark).

Recent highlights comprise a mixed octet commissioned by the ELISION Ensemble, an extended saxophone and feedback piece commissioned by Joshua Hyde, as well as an immersive cello and electronics work for David Moran, which is simultaneously diffused over headphones and loudspeakers.

In his series of one-to-one works, the performers-Marco Fusi, Winnie Huang and Gwen Rouger-attune their sounds and gestures to the non-verbal behaviours of individual audience members. This is music as an interactive social encounter, which offers space for audiences and performers alike to exercise their empathetic imaginations.

In addition to the above musicians, Charlie's works have been performed and commissioned by numerous soloists and ensembles across Australia, Europe, and the USA: Apparat, Apartment House, Distractfold, Ensemble SurPlus, Adam Tendler, Heather Roche, Phoebe Green, Zubin Kanga, among many others.

He has published articles on social dynamics in music settings, audience participation and digital audio scores, in TEMPO, Perspectives of New Music, and the proceedings of TENOR.

Charlie holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition from Stanford University.

Charlie Sdraulig — current to December 2025