Julian Day is a composer, sound/visual artist and broadcaster based in Sydney, Australia.

Described as "an epic and intimate formalist", Julian is interested in creating evocative works through simple yet 

surprising means.  He is also drawn to dark and obsessive themes - obsolescence, damage, defeat - and to driving, 

brutal rhythms drawn from hip hop, rock and pop.

 

Julian has worked with many leading musicians including Lisa Moore and Mark Stewart (Bang On A Can All Stars), 

Mark Dancigers (NOW Ensemble), David Longstreth (Dirty Projectors), Genevieve Lacey, The Song Company, 

Orchestra Victoria and Perihelion.  His work has featured at the MATA Festival (New York), Massachusetts Museum of 

Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), Liquid Architecture Festival, Queensland Art Gallery and Performance Space (Sydney).

 

Julian directs the organ ensemble An Infinity Room (A.I.R) and co-directs Super Critical Mass, a large-scale performance 

project for up to 100 identical instruments. He also works frequently with Luke Jaaniste within their collaborative practice 

Loud And Soft.  For many years he co-directed the composers' collective COMPOST.

 

Julian studied composition with Gerard Brophy at the Queensland Conservatorium, with Elena Kats-Chernin at the Australian 

National Academy of Music in Melbourne and with Louis Andriessen, Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe at the Bang 

On A Can Summer Institute of Music in the USA.

 

Julian is also a broadcaster, hosting New Music Up Late on ABC Classic FM.  His growing list of interviewees includes Steve 

Reich, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Pauline Oliveiros, Kronos Quartet, Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), DJ Olive, Bill Henson, 

Ricky Swallow, David Malouf, Peter Sculthorpe, Brett Dean and Liza Lim.