Ros Bandt
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Rosalie (Ros) Edith Bandt (born 18 August 1951 in Geelong)[1] is an Australian composer, sound artist, academic and performer.
Bandt was born in Geelong, Victoria. Her father Lewis Bandt was a car designer and notable for designing the first ute.
Described as one of the most individual presences in Australian music,[1] Bandt is an internationally acclaimed sound artist, composer, researcher and performer. Trained as a school teacher, Bandt went on to study chance music and completed her master's degree in 1974 at Monash University with a thesis on the work of John Cage[2] and later completed her PhD in 1983 also at Monash.[3] In 1977 Bandt and Martin Harris created a sound installation, Winds and Circuits which fed audio into television signals to create electronic visual patterns.[4] Since that time she pioneered interactive sound installations, sound sculptures, and created sound playgrounds, spatial music systems, and some 40 sound installations worldwide.[5]
A pioneer of interactive sound sculpture in Australia, she has exhibited in many Australian city and regional centres, including her work Sound Playground in Brunswick, Melbourne in 1981.[1] Making use of electronics, tapes and interactive playback systems, Bandt's compositions also feature environmental sounds and unusual instrument combinations.[1][6] Bandt performs on a wide variety of instruments including recorders, psaltry, percussion and the tarhu.[7][8] She is a founding member of ensembles LIME, Back to Back Zithers, La Romanesca, Carte Blanche and the Free Music Ensemble.[9]
Awards
Don Banks Music Award
The Don Banks Music Award was established in 1984 to publicly honour a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia.[10] It was founded by the Australia Council in honour of Don Banks, Australian composer, performer and the first chair of its music board.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Ros Bandt | Don Banks Music Award | Won |
Bandt was awarded the Cochrane Smith award for sound heritage in 2012 by the National Film and Sound Archive.[11]
In 2020 Bandt was awarded the Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music at the APRA Art Music Awards in recognition of her 40-year commitment to inter-disciplinary work.[12]
Discography
- 1980 Love lyrics and romances of Renaissance Spain. La Romanesca. Move Records, MD 3034
- 1981 Improvisations in Acoustic Chambers Tank Pieces and Silo Pieces Move records MS 3035, MC 3035
- 1982 Soft and Fragile: Music in Glass and Clay Move Records MS 3045, MC 3045
- 1985 Clay Music. LIME. Move Records, MD 3065
- 1989 Stargazer Move Records MD 3075, MC 3075
- 1992 An Iberian Triangle: Music of Christian, Jewish and Moorish Spain before 1492. La Romanesca. Move Records MD 3114
- 1992 Quivering String. Back to Back Zithers. Move Records, MD 3141
- 1993 Footsteps Move Records, MD 3135
- 1995 Glass & Clay Move Records, MD 3045
- 1999 Via Frescobaldi. La Romaesca. Move Records, MD 3206
- 2001 Stack Move Records, MD 3145
- 2003 Sonic Archaeologies Move Records, MD 3155
- 2005 Monodies. La Romanesca. Move Records, MD 3044
- 2008 Isobue, Japanese Sea Whistle Sonic Art Gallery SG0801
- 2013 Jaara Jaara Seasons Hearing Places
- 2015 Bird Song - Trio Avium Hearing Places
- 2016 Tarhu connections Hearing Places
