Joe Chindamo

Joe Chindamo (born 1961) is an Australian composer and pianist.

Career

He recorded his first album with violinist Zoë Black in 2012. It was followed by Dido's Lament and The New Goldberg Variations. In 2014 Chindamo's string quartet Tempesta was commissioned and performed by the Acacia Quartet and by the Australian String Quartet on their national tour in 2016. His Toccata for Solo Violin, commissioned by Australian violinist Sarah Curro, was performed by Ann Marie Johnson at the ABC Young Performers' Awards and recorded by Zoe Black for their album Symbiosis in 2017. In 2014 two of his Baroque re-imaginings for string orchestra were performed by ACO Collective.

His other works include Palimpsest, performed as part of the QSO Maestro Series conducted by Muhai Tang; Sanctuary, a double oboe and Cor Anglais concerto composed for Diana Doherty, Alexandre Ougey and Camerata, performed at the Queensland Music Festival; American Spirit composed for Black, and Fantaskatto, a vocal scat concerto composed for Olivia Chindamo, both performed by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

In 2017, Chindamo began a collaboration with librettist Steve Vizard. They created Vigil, a one-woman show starring Christie Whelan Browne which was performed at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and the Fairfax Studio (Melbourne Arts Centre). He arranged several songs for The Great American Song Book by James Morrison. His arrangement of 'Round Midnight was performed by Morrison and the BBC Orchestra at the BBC Proms in London. He was commissioned to compose a drum concerto for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra which was premiered at "The Last Night at the Proms" concert in March 2018 at Hamer Hall and was conducted by Andrew Davis.

Awards and honors
  • 2009 Jazz Work of the Year win for "Something Will Come to Light" and nomination for "Moments and Eternities" both written and performed by Joe Chindamo.[1][2]

Discography
  • The First Take with Ray Brown (1994)
  • Reflected Journey with the Brecker Brothers (Challenge, 1997)
  • Anyone Who Had a Heart: The Music of Burt Bacharach (Jazzhead, 1997)
  • Good Little Ploy (Newmarket, 2000)
  • Tender Is the Night with Nina Ferro (Newmarket, 2001)
  • The Joy of Standards (Sawano, 2001)
  • America! (Newmarket, 2002)
  • The Joy of Standards, Volume 2 (2003)
  • Paradiso – The Joy of Film Music (2004)
  • Joe Chindamo Solo - Live at Umbria Jazz '05, Italy (2005)
  • Love Blues and Other Fiction with Graeme Lyall (2006)
  • 2 x 2 with James Morrison (Origin, 2006)
  • Duende: The Romantic Project (Jazzhead, 2008)
  • Puccini Project (2009)
  • Another Place Some Other Time: Music from the Films of the Coen Brothers (Jazzhead, 2010)
  • Reimaginings with Zoë Black (Which Way, 2012)
  • Dido's Lament with Zoe Black (2014)
  • Hush Collection 11: Luminous: Inspired By Mozart (1201 Music, 2015)
  • The New Goldberg Variations with Zoe Black (Alfi, 2016)
  • Symbiosis with Zoe Black (Alfi, 2018)
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References
  1. "2009 Winners". Australasian Performing Right Association. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  2. "Jazz Work of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
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