Biography
Evan J Lawson (b.1989, he/they) is one of Australia’s leading queer artists, working at the forefront of contemporary culture as composer, writer, curator, vocal coach, and conductor, chiefly as artistic director of interdisciplinary company Forest Collective. Hailed by Clive O’Connell that ...the sonorities that emerged often proved extraordinary... Evan has been composing music since the age of 10, is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, and developing artist programs with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Malthouse Theatre, and Gragenegg Festival. In Australia, he has studied with Benjamin Northey, Richard Gill, Kevin March, and Johanna Selleck, and internationally with David Aronson, Christopher Hogwood, and Matthias Pintscher who has
Musical Works
3Performance credits
Past performances 2011 — Yesterday
Stonnington Symphony 40th Anniversary Gala, StraussStravinskyLawson, E.
Stonnington SymphonyArtistic Director
View program, cast and crewDiapsalmata, Alexandra Dillon
Flute Sonata, Alexandra Dillon
Komorebi, Fischer, Salina
Forest CollectiveConductor
View program, cast and crewPoppea, Monteverdi
Yarra Valley Opera FestivalAustralian Contemporary Opera CoConductor
View cast and crewFeatured past performances
Stonnington Symphony 40th Anniversary Gala, StraussStravinskyLawson, E.
Stonnington SymphonyArtistic Director
View program, cast and crew
Diapsalmata, Alexandra Dillon
Flute Sonata, Alexandra Dillon
Komorebi, Fischer, Salina
Forest CollectiveConductor
View program, cast and crew
Biography
Evan J Lawson (b.1989, he/they) is one of Australia’s leading queer artists, working at the forefront of contemporary culture as composer, writer, curator, vocal coach, and conductor, chiefly as artistic director of interdisciplinary company Forest Collective. Hailed by Clive O’Connell that ...the sonorities that emerged often proved extraordinary... Evan has been composing music since the age of 10, is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, and developing artist programs with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Malthouse Theatre, and Gragenegg Festival. In Australia, he has studied with Benjamin Northey, Richard Gill, Kevin March, and Johanna Selleck, and internationally with David Aronson, Christopher Hogwood, and Matthias Pintscher who has
