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Fiona Hill is a multi-award winning composer specialising in electroacoustics, orchestral and chamber music, film and television, dance, theatre and immersive sound.
Emotive, textural and organic, Fiona Hill’s “striking timbral exploration of abstract sonic properties” (Music Trust) and “seamless working in of live electronics” (Sydney Arts Guide) blends new technologies with corporeal evocations to generate detailed and immersive sound worlds. In 2022 Fiona was awarded the Winner of the International Stelvio Cipriani Composition Competition for Film Music and nominated for the APRA AMCOS Art Music Award for Work of the Year - Large Ensemble for ŚŪNYATĀ. |
Photo: Maja Baska
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NEW RELEASE on YouTube - Śūnyatā
NEW RELEASE on bandcamp - Energetic Force
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Śūnyāta
Workshop Śūnyāta for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Recorded by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra in 2022 and workshopped by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in 2021. The piece draws on Goddess Mythology, in particular the Neolithic period, for it's inspiration. Beginning from our deep connection with the Earth since the beginning of time a bass drone builds and morphs timbrally into a climactic groan. |
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CIRCUMSTANCE 2020
A Film by Sue Healey
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“Music composed by Fiona Hill makes an enormous contribution to the result. lt is the best match-making between commissioned music and dance that I have come across in years.”
Jill Sykes, SMH 13 Dec 2020 In reaction to the pandemic, 27 dancers defy the lockdown, through the use of a drone to capture their dance. A study in isolation, connection and a precarious place. 
WINNER BEST FILM SCORE: Circumstance.
Seoul Short Film Festival
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LOST IN THE DARKNESS
New release Lost in the Darkness commissioned by Alicia Crossley for her latest album Bass Instincts.
Inspired by the poem 'Lost in the Darkness' by a young refugee detainee
which was published in a zine by the Refugee Art Project.
Inspired by the poem 'Lost in the Darkness' by a young refugee detainee
which was published in a zine by the Refugee Art Project.
"Stand-out piece in a stacked list of names came from Sydney based composer Fiona Hill" Megan Steller, Limelight, April 2022
"The live electronic component morphs, extends, transforms, and enlivens the already magical nature of Crossley’s performance... Such extreme attention to detail paired with an overriding narrative umbrella allows this work to speak powerfully on both the micro and macro levels." Alex Raineri, Music Trust, November 2021
Imago.
Imago responds to the multi-faceted stories of those affected by forced adoption within Australia as well as societal attitudes and the eventual government apology to the victims.
Imago was a finalist in the APRA AMCOS 2020 Art Music Awards for Work Of The Year Electroacoustic/Sound Art. |
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UKARIA RESIDENCEUKARIA Cultural Centre Adelaide HillsFiona will be joined by collaborators including director/choreographer Sue Healey (Australia Council Award for Dance 2021), and Churchill Fellow and internationally renowned dancer/choreographer Christopher Hill in an Australian Council for the Arts Residency. They will use the residency to work on a site-specific short film.
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CONTACTFor music and media enquiries please contact Fiona via email.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTI would like to acknowledge the Gundungurra and Darug people, the traditional custodians of this land on which I work and live and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
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