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Judith Hamann is a Melbourne-based musician whose
main instrument is violoncello. Her performance practice stretches across
various genres encompassing elements of improvised, art, experimental and
popular music. Judith performs with both acoustic cello and semi-acoustic cello
and explores the timbral and sonic possibilities of the instrument through
preparations, alterations and alternative methods of physical engagement with
the instrument. Judith has performed as either a soloist or a
chamber musician for the Melbourne International Arts Festival (2005, 2006,
2007), Melbourne International Jazz Festival (2010) Liquid Architecture
Festival (2010), New Music Network (2009) the Melba Festival (2008), the Port
Fairy Spring Festival (2009), Team of Pianists and Chamber Music Australia. She
has performed Australian premieres of works by Sofia Gudbaidulina, Jaap Blonk,
Robert Ashley, and Klaus Lang, as well as commissioning and performing world
premieres by Marco Fusinato, Anthony Pateras, Cat Hope, Robert Dahm and Kate Neal
(with Golden Fur) as well as works by
James Rushford and Alexander Garsden. Judith has been the recipient of the
Peers Coetmore Scholarship for Cellists (2004) The Kate Flowers Scholarship
(2006), the Gwen Nisbit Prize (2006), the Marion Isobel Thomas Scholarship
(2008), and an Australian Postgraduate Award (2008) and the Keith and Elisabeth
Murdoch Travelling Fellowship (2009). She has studied cello with Christian Wojotowicz and
Zoe Knighton, and chamber music with Dr Donna Coleman. Judith is also a member
the Golden Fur avant/improv/new music
trio who have recently completed their first European tour (2010), Trio di Belladonna (with Dr. Donna
Coleman and Monica Curro), Francis Plagne
band, indie popsters the Tequila
Mockingbirds, a member of Georgia
Fields’ Mini Indie Orchestra and also performs solo as Paper Tiger. She is 26 years old. |
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