Andrián Pertout
Andrián Pertout (b. 1963) is a Chilean-born Australian composer who settled in Melbourne in 1972. His rigorously structured music draws on wide cultural and mathematical resources and has been performed in more than forty countries.
In 2007 he completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the University of Melbourne on Tweddle Trust, Australian Postgraduate and Melbourne Research scholarships, studying composition under the guidance of Brenton Broadstock.
Composition awards include the Jean Bogan Prize, the ‘John Cage Centennial’ Wolf Museum of Music and Art Composition Prize (USA), the Friends & Enemies of New Music Composition Prize (USA), the Dorian Le Gallienne Composition Prize, the Betty Amsden Award, the Louisville Orchestra Prize (USA), an APRA Award for Orchestral Composition, and the Oare String Orchestra Judges’ and Audience Prize (UK). He is President of the Melbourne Composers’ League (MCL) and Australian Delegate of the Asian Composers’ League (ACL), and was Honorary Fellow at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne (2007–2015).
A freelance composer, he also works as composition lecturer, teacher, supervisor and examiner at the University of Melbourne at Bachelor, Masters and PhD levels. His music has been performed in over forty countries by orchestras, ensembles and performers including the Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, Orchestra Victoria, The Louisville Orchestra (USA), the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra (Israel), Orquestra Petrobrás Sinfônica (Brazil), the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra (Russia), Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México (Mexico), the Vietnam National Opera and Theatre Choir and National Symphony Orchestra (Vietnam), Orquestra Cia Bachiana Brasileira (Brazil), Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), The Foundation Orchestra (USA), Veridian Symphony Orchestra (USA), Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile and Concepción (Chile), Orquesta de Cámara de Chile and Valdivia (Chile), the Logos Foundation Robot Orchestra (Belgium), the University of Hong Kong Gamelan Orchestra (China), La Chapelle Musicale de Tournai (Belgium), Oare String Orchestra (UK), Noah Getz (USA), Phyllis Chen (USA), Michael Kieran Harvey (Australia), Ónix Ensamble (Mexico), Ensamble Contemporáneo (Chile), Ensemble MD7 (Slovenia), Quinteto CEAMC (Argentina), Sonemus Ensemble (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Ensemble TIMF (Korea), Omni Ensemble (USA), and the Ensemble für Neue Musik Zürich (Switzerland).
Artist's website: pertout.com
Compositions by Andrián Pertout appear on
Music for Percussion and Electronics
Western Australian percussionist Louise Devenish, known for work with Decibel, Speak Percussion and The Sound Collectors, recorded this programme from her Music for One Percussionist recitals (2012–14). The composers are award-winning middle-generation Australians whose music is heard nationwide.