Commentary
One of the great problems that we have here in Australia is that within our arts institutions, artistic decisions are increasingly being made not by artists but by administrators.
Profile headshot of American composer George Gershwin (1898–1937) writing notes on a musical score while sitting at his piano, New York City. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Alexander Voltz
Author
Alexander Voltz is a composer based in Brisbane, Australia. His works have been performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Opera Queensland, and the Australian Youth Orchestra. He most recently served as the composer-in-residence at the Camerata—Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra and was a recipient of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Composer Commissioning Fund.
