Iain grandage biography books

Iain Grandage recently completed a five year tenure as Artistic Director of the Perth Festival () where he was celebrated for bringing a sweeping sense of place to the Festivals he curated, with a strong commitment to Noongar artists and stories standing alongside events of scale like Highway to Hell.

Previously, he has been Artistic Director of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, curated the fine music program for the Adelaide Festival (Chamber Landscapes) and been Composer-in-Residence with the WA Symphony Orchestra. He is the West Australian of the Year for Culture & the Arts, been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from UWA and received the prestigious Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award.

In and , Iain was musical director and arranger for the national tours of Jimmy Chi’s multi award winning Corrugation Road, and his involvement with indigenous musicians has continued through his collaborations with the Spinifex people of central Australia, initially on the theat