Carl Vine

Carl Vine (born 8 October 1954) is a prominent Australian classical, theatre, film, television and electronic composer.

Career

Carl Vine was born in Perth, Western Australia. He moved to Sydney in 1975, where he is now based as a freelance composer. His association with the Sydney Dance Company began that year when he joined as a rehearsal pianist. Two years later, under the guidance of the company's new artistic director, Graeme Murphy, Carl was commissioned to write music for '"Tip"', featuring amplified string quartet, orchestra and electronics. The premiere of the work in Canberra in 1977 marked the start of Vine's career as a noted composer for Classical Dance. In 1978, once again with Graeme Murphy choreographing, Vine scored "Poppy", the first all-Australian full-length ballet.

In 1980, Vine was appointed Lecturer in Electronic Music Composition at the Queensland Conservatorium, while also being the co-director and pianist of the specialist new music performing ensemble "Flederman". In 1984, he became Musical Director of the Australia/New Zealand Choreographic School (Melbourne) and resident composer at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

The last decade

In 2000, Vine was appointed Artistic Director at Musica Viva Australia.

The year 2004 saw his "Cello Concerto" premiered by Steven Isserlis and the Sydney Symphony, conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek. The performance won Best Performance of an Australian Composition at the 2005 APRA/AMC Classical Music Awards.

In 2005 he was awarded the 2005 Don Banks Music Award, the highest available accolade the Australia Council for the Arts can confer on an artist. The award recognises artists who have made an outstanding and sustained contribution to Australian music.

As of 2006, Vine has seven concertos and six symphonies to his name. A seventh symphony has been planned, to be performed by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in 2008.

Vine's work has taken him to Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Japan. He enjoys a longstanding recording relationship with ABC. Renowned as a composer, he was asked to be a presenter of a documentary series on Australian television.

Works (a selection)

Concert

*"Symphony No. 1 'MicroSymphony"' (1986)
*"Symphony No. 2" (1988)
*"Symphony No. 3" (1988)
*"Symphony No. 4 'Symphony No. 4.2"' (1998; revised same year)
*"Symphony No. 5 'Percussion Symphony"' (1995)
*"Symphony No. 6 'Choral Symphony"' (1996)
*"Percussion Concerto (1987)
*"Oboe Concerto" (1996)
*"Piano Concerto" (1997; commissioned by Michael Kieran Harvey)
*"Pipe Dreams" (concerto for flute and strings) (2003)
*"Cello Concerto" (2004)
*"Gaijin" (koto, strings) (1994)
*"String Quartet No. 3" (1994)
*"Miniature I 'Peace"' (solo viola) (1973)
*"Miniature II" (viola duet) (1974)
*"Sonata for flute and piano" (1992)
*"Five Bagatelles" (solo piano) (1994)
*"Inner World" (solo cello) (1994)
*"Piano Sonata No. 1" (1990)
*"Piano Sonata No. 2" (1997)
*"Piano Sonata No. 3" (2007)

Theatre

*"The Tempest" (ballet) (1991)

Film and television

*"You Can't Push the River" (1993)
*"Bedevil" (1993)
*"The Battlers" (TV) (1994)
*"40,000 Years of Dreaming" (1997)
*"Marriage Acts" (TV) (2000)
*"The Potato Factory" (TV) (2000)

External links

* [http://www.carlvine.com/ Carl Vine's homepage]