AZIMUTH: Navigating Sound & Place

Isabella Rahme is an artist, composer, and performer of Greek and Lebanese heritage living and making music on Bedigal land. Her compositional explorations centre around the use of symbolism and gesture to express concepts and emotions related to the navigation of cultural identity. ‘Azimuth’ is Isabella’s response to the complexities of living in the diaspora, and aims to highlight both the shared experiences across cultures as well as the unique individual perspectives that deserve the attention and consideration of the broader community.

Andrea Lim is a violinist, sound-maker, and performance artist who explores identity and morality through interdisciplinary performance scores, gestural performance, and somatic body mapping.

Behzad Ansari is an Iranian-Australian composer, performer, and researcher. Founder of Avaye Rood, Behzad plays traditional instruments (tar, setar, oud, santur) and weaves Persian classical traditions with intercultural collaborative practices.

Joseph Tabua is a guitarist, bassist, composer, and educator with Pacific Island heritage. His practice is deeply rooted in Western Sydney and spans jazz, rock, blues, world music, and community arts.

Also known as Munk or Munkimuk, Mark Ross is a Jardwadjali/Wotjobulak man who has been working in the music industry for over 30 years as a hip hop performer, music producer and composer. He is also known as The Grandfather of Indigenous Hip Hop!

Peggy Polias is a composer and academic of Greek heritage. Her creative interests lie in themes of safety, secrecy, journaling in sound, myth, and ancient Greek artefacts.

Pico Dos Santos-Lee is a Macanese-Chinese composer and sound artist who creates warm, spacious sonic environments centered around saxophone timbres, resonance, texture, and collective memory.

Ria Andriani is a writer, classically trained soprano and disability advocate of Indonesian heritage. Her work focuses on lifting marginalized and disadvantaged voices through storytelling and performance arts.