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Australian violinist Flora Wong is a musician who is drawn to the intersections between different disciplines of music-making. Equally at home improvising for strings and electronics as she is punching out polyrhythms opposite a drum kit, she is fast becoming a go-to collaborator for new music and cross-genre projects in Brisbane (Turrbal/Jagera land). She is a member of Brisbane-based ensembles Nonsemble, Voltfruit, Helge Quartet and Tango Enigmático. She is the Associate Director of Dots+Loops, producer and curator of Hidden Dome, QLD State Coordinator for Musica Viva Australia and a casual lecturer in contemporary violin at JMC Academy.
Since the formation of Nonsemble, a group whose releases have been described variously as “music that tempers its intellectual conceits with dramatic musical flourishes and bombast” (4ZZZ) and “transcend[ing] the labels of chamber orchestra and indie-rock altogether” (Independent Clauses), Flora has worked closely with composer and audiovisual artist Chris Perren, leading premiere performances of many of his works for chamber ensembles. She has given the Australian premieres of works by Kate Moore, Missy Mazzoli and Pamela Z, and her interest in diverse styles of music has led her to work with a wide range of artists including Elizabeth Wallfisch, Timothy Munro, James Crabb, Kate Miller-Heidke, and Boy & Bear. She has extensive recording studio experience in classical, jazz and contemporary settings, with artists including Ed Kuepper, Jaguar Jonze, The Kite String Tangle and the Luke Cuerel Orchestra. |
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In 2019, Flora was Performance Fellow at the Bang On A Can Summer Music Festival and LOUD Weekend, supporting by the Arts Queensland Individuals Fund and launched her project Geburtstag, commissioning and premiering new Australian works for violin by composers Connor D'Netto, MJ O'Neill, Chris Perren and Kezia Yap.
2020 saw Flora collaborate on a number of projects including Vulcana Circus' and Muses Trio's "Seen But Not Her" and Kezia Yap's "SHARING SPACES", both of which will be presented in 2021. She formed the experimental music duo Voltfruit with Luke Cuerel, performing a livestreamed set for Oscillo Scape and a live set alongside MJ O'Neill at Dots+Loops Reboot. She also worked to produce and facilitate over fifty Musica Viva In Schools online interactive performances.
2020 saw Flora collaborate on a number of projects including Vulcana Circus' and Muses Trio's "Seen But Not Her" and Kezia Yap's "SHARING SPACES", both of which will be presented in 2021. She formed the experimental music duo Voltfruit with Luke Cuerel, performing a livestreamed set for Oscillo Scape and a live set alongside MJ O'Neill at Dots+Loops Reboot. She also worked to produce and facilitate over fifty Musica Viva In Schools online interactive performances.