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About
Steve Falk is an Australian freelance percussionist and composer currently residing in Tokyo. Over the past 15 years, he has been fortunate enough to have performed many styles of music, often collaborating with improvisers and song writers as well as working with symphony orchestras, contemporary dance and theatre projects. Steve studied initially at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and then completed a Diploma of Arts in Music at The Victorian College of The Arts. He then studied for a further two years at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with Professor Alan Cumberland who was formally Principal Timpanist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Steve recently completed two years of study with the world renowned marimba soloist and composer Keiko Abe at Toho Gakuen in Tokyo. During this time he received financial assistance from The JB Seed Grant Program. Steve has taught percussion at Monash University and The Victorian College of the Arts. In 2001, he released his own self-funded CD, The Marimba Project which features compositions from Japan, USA and Australia as well his original works for Marimba and Vibraphone. Steve has worked with the Melbourne, Queensland and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras in Australia and Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa in Japan. He has played percussion for at least 20 popular musicals including Mama Mia! and We Will Rock You. In 1996-97 Steve worked in Australia, NewZealand, Japan, China, Korea and India as musical director for the Australia/Asia tour of Tap Dogs. Steve has played on several CDs including David Ross Macdonald’s Far From Here. He also played vibes on the soundtrack for the feature film Better Than Sex composed by David Hershfelder. Steve enjoys writing and playing electronic music and before moving to Japan, he played vibes and percussion in the popular drum and bass/ rock outfit Hiphugger. In 2005, whilst working on the musical We Will Rock You, Steve met the Australian pianist Sean Tait and together they created Australian New Jazz. They now often perform as a duo or trio (with fellow Australian Coleman Bayliss on bass) and have enjoyed the support of Austrade in Japan.
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