Harry Sdraulig : Represented Artist
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Artist website: http://www.harrysdraulig.com
Harry Sdraulig is one of the most frequently commissioned and performed composers of his generation. Hailed by Australian Stage as "the most interesting voice in Australian composition for many years", his music - at turns serious, playful, contemplative, or exuberant - has been described by Limelight as both "intriguingly off-kilter and intense" and "intelligent, accessible, and entertaining". His aesthetic is characterised by its passionate melodic lyricism, harmonic richness, and intricacy of rhythmic interplay and drive.
In recent years, Harry's work has risen to prominence through a string of collaborations with renowned artists and arts organisations. His Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda, commissioned by Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott and released by Sony Classical, is widely broadcast internationally, whilst his music has also been featured by the Sydney, Melbourne, Queensland, Tasmanian, and Canberra Symphony Orchestras, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Goldner, Orava, Chroma, and Australian String Quartets, Musica Viva Australia, the UKARIA Cultural Centre, the Australia Ensemble, the Australian National Academy of Music, PLEXUS, Ensemble Three, and Ensemble Q.
Harry's music is predominantly published by the Australian Music Centre, for which he is a represented artist. He completed Bachelor of Music (Honours) and Master of Music degrees at the University of Melbourne and holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Sydney, at which he has lectured in composition.
Harry Sdraulig — current to February 2025
Studied with
Stuart Greenbaum (2013)
Elliott Gyger (2013)
Brenton Broadstock (2014)
Mentored by
Influenced by
Awards & Prizes
| Year | Award | Placing | Awarded for |
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| 2013 | Adolph Spivakovsky Scholarship for the Composition of Music | Winner |
Selected Commissions
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In Wild Country : for two violins, viola, cello and double bass (2024) | Commissioned by Australian Chamber Orchestra. |
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Evening Star : for SATB choir (2024) | Commissioned by Sydney Chamber Choir. |
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Triptych : for solo clarinet and strings (2024) | Commissioned by Omega Ensemble. |
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The Colours Change (quartets: flute, vibraphone, piano, violin) (2024) | Commissioned by the Blackheath Chamber Music Festival, for premiere performance by Ensemble Offspring |
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String Quartet No. 2 : string quartet (2024) | Commissioned by John Griffiths for his wife Beth, for premiere performance by the Australian String Quartet |
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Piano Quartet : for violin, viola, cello and piano (2023) | Commissioned by Rod and Elizabeth King for premiere performance at the 2023 Bendigo Chamber Music Festival |