Joe Chindamo (born 1961) is an Australian composer and pianist.

Career

He recorded an album with violinist

Zoë Black Zoë Black is an Australian violin player. She plays with Australian Chamber Orchestra and is a recitalist and soloist. Black has worked extensively with pianist and composer Joe Chindamo. Together they were nominated for the 2014 and 2016 ARI ...

in 2012. It was followed by ''Dido's Lament'' and ''The New Goldberg Variations''. In 2014, Chindamo's string quartet Tempesta was commissioned and performed by the Acacia Quartet and by the

Australian String Quartet The Australian String Quartet (ASQ) is a chamber music group founded in 1985 and based at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. It delivers an artistic program of performances, workshops, commissions, digital content and education projects ...

on their national tour in 2016. His ''Toccata for Solo Violin'', commissioned by Australian violinist Sarah Curro, was performed by Ann Marie Johnson at the ABC Young Performers' Awards and recorded by Zoe Black for their album ''Symbiosis'' in 2017. In 2014 two of his ''Baroque'' re-imaginings for string orchestra were performed by ACO Collective. His other works include ''Palimpsest'', performed as part of the QSO Maestro Series conducted by Muhai Tang; ''Sanctuary'', a double oboe and Cor Anglais concerto composed for Diana Doherty, Alexandre Ougey and Camerata, performed at the Queensland Music Festival; ''American Spirit'' composed for Black, and ''Fantaskatto'', a vocal scat concerto composed for Olivia Chindamo, both performed by the

Queensland Symphony Orchestra Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) is an Australian symphony orchestra in the state of Queensland. The orchestra is based in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's building in South Bank. The Orchestra is funded by private corporations, the ...

. In 2017, Chindamo began a collaboration with librettist Steve Vizard. They created ''

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'', a one-woman show starring

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which was performed at the

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and the Fairfax Studio (

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). He arranged several songs for ''The Great American Song Book'' by James Morrison. His arrangement of 'Round Midnight was performed by Morrison and the BBC Orchestra at the

BBC Proms The BBC Proms or Proms, formally named the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hal ...

in London. He was commissioned to compose a drum concerto for the

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is an Australian orchestra based in Melbourne. The MSO is resident at Hamer Hall. The MSO has its own choir, the MSO Chorus, following integration with the Melbourne Chorale in 2008. The MSO relies on f ...

which was premiered at "The Last Night at the Proms" concert in March 2018 at Hamer Hall and was conducted by Andrew Davis. Chindamo was awarded the Medal of the

Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Discography

Albums

Awards and honours

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as

AIR Awards The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. History The inaugural 2006 awards were held at ...

) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's independent music sector. , - ,

AIR Awards of 2010 The AIR Awards of 2010 (or Jägermeister Independent Awards of 2010) is the fifth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at The Forum Theatre, in Melbo ...

, ''Another Place and Time'' , Best Independent Jazz Album , , - ,

AIR Awards of 2020 The 2020 AIR Awards was the fourteenth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards ceremony (generally known as the AIR Awards). It took place on 1 October 2020 in Adelaide. The nominations were revealed on 7 July 2020 ...

, ''Arias'' , Best Independent Jazz Album or EP , , -

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the

Australasian Performing Right Association APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwr ...

to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually. , - , rowspan="2",

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

. , "Something Will Come to Light" , rowspan="2", Jazz Work of the Year , , - , "Moments and Eternities" , , -

ARIA Music Awards

The

ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

are presented annually from 1987 by the

Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing th ...

(ARIA). Chindamo has been nominated for seven awards. ! , - ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, ''Anyone Who Had a Heart'' ,

ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album The ARIA Music Award for Best Jazz Album is an award presented within the Fine Arts Awards at the annual ARIA Music Awards. The award for Best Jazz Album was first presented in 1987, when George Golla Orchestra, received a trophy for their album, ...

, , rowspan="5" , ARIA Award previous winners. , - ,

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

, ''The Joy of Standards'' (as Joe Chindamo Trio) , Best Jazz Album , , - ,

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

, ''Smokingun'' (with Graeme Lyall) , Best Jazz Album , , - ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, ''Duende The Romantic Project'' , Best Jazz Album , , - ,

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, ''Another Place Some Other Time'' , Best Jazz Album , , - ,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

, ''Dido's Lament'' (with

) ,

Best Classical Album The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was awarded from 1962 to 2011. The award had several minor name changes: *From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known as Album of the Year – Classical *In 1964 and 1977 it wa ...

, , rowspan="2" , ARIA Award previous winners. , - ,

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

, ''The New Goldberg Variations'' (with

) ,

, , -

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the

Mo Awards The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards) were an annual Australian entertainment industry award, that where established in 1975, to recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia. They were l ...

), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Joe Chindamo won two awards in that time. (wins only) , - , 2001 , Joe Chindamo , Jazz Instrumental Performer of the Year , , - , 2003 , Joe Chindamo , Jazz Instrumental Performer of the Year , , -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chindamo, Joe 1951 births Living people Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia APRA Award winners Australian jazz composers Male jazz composers