
Robbie Avenaim is an innovative Australian musician, drummer, sound artist , instrument builder and composer with an international reputation for bold, sonic exploration. Over the past 25 years Robbie has developed a unique and personal musical language on the drums, focussed primarily on percussion and instrument building, his practice spans the domains of improvisation and experimental composition. Robbie has been at the forefront of the Australian experimental music scene both as a performer and a curator.
After returning from studies in New York with composer John Zorn and observing the vibrant new music N.Y has to offer, Avenaim was inspired to foster a varied experimental music ecosystem in Australia by co-founding and organising the legendary WHAT IS MUSIC? Festival, Australia’s premier annual touring showcase of local and international experimental music from 1994-2012 and has since organised many significant sound-based exhibitions, performances regionally and overseas, which have been essential for the local growth and international prestige of Australia’s avant-garde musical reputation.


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Robbie Avenaim

After returning from studies in New York with composer John Zorn and observing the vibrant new music N.Y has to offer, Avenaim was inspired to foster a varied experimental music ecosystem in Australia by co-founding and organising the legendary WHAT IS MUSIC? Festival, Australia’s premier annual touring showcase of local and international experimental music from 1994-2012 and has since organised many significant sound-based exhibitions, performances regionally and overseas, which have been essential for the local growth and international prestige of Australia’s avant-garde musical reputation.
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