* * * * - The Age, on MSO-commission Utter Stutter Flutter
* * * * - Sydney Morning Herald, on with // without
“Best Instrumental Album 2020” - Rhythms Magazine, on with // without
“Mind-blowing” - ABC Classic
“lived up to the evening’s luminary thread... A beautifully crafted and relevant work... its relevance possesses a need for dissemination into the canon." - ClassikOn
Contemporary Music Centre Associate Composer Bianca Gannon performs piano and percussion at the same time, inspired by her decade-long exchange with Indonesia. Her compositions are often interdisciplinary, immersive and full of symbolism and social commentary. As an antidote, her improvisations are an unfiltered and spontaneous expression in real time. In revealing parallels between seemingly disparate elements, Bianca is inspired by that which connects us.
Bandleader and solo performances include with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Myer Music Bowl, with International Contemporary Ensemble at the Banff Centre, and at PLG Arts Festival New York, Birmingham's Eastside Jazz Club, Sydney's Brett Whiteley Gallery, at the Melbourne Recital Centre and at Manchester Jazz Festival and EFG London Jazz Festival.
2020 Artist in Residence with the City of Greater Dandenong, Bianca's composition awards include the BAN BAM Award, Pythia Prize, Percy Grainger Award, King House Piano Commission Award and Arts Council Music Bursary Awards. Her work has been presented by leading ensembles including ConTempo Quartet, Ensemble Offspring, loadbang, Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble, Chamber Choir Ireland, International Contemporary Ensemble.
As a performer, Bianca was selected as an IMC 30/30 Artist - one of Ireland’s outstanding improvisers. Garnering a 4 star review in the Sydney Morning Herald, her debut album was also selected by Rhythms Magazine as 'Best Instrumental Album 2020'.
Bianca has lived, worked and played across the Indonesian archipelago including as a recipient the Indonesian Arts and Culture Scholarship, as well as collaborating with internationally acclaimed Indonesian artists and with custodians of endangered Indonesian food-centric instruments on ‘The Sound of Shadows’ series.