ELISION has established an international reputation for its engagement with complex and virtuosically challenging aesthetics. ELISION’s 17-strong membership includes some of the world’s leading musicians who have defined contemporary instrumental technique with their recordings and publications. For over 30 years, the ensemble has focussed its practice on exploring musical possibility providing inspiring models of collaborative practice with some of the major compositional figures and thinkers of our time.
Performances 2026
Ghosts Making Form
Music of Lim, Einarsson, Arul, Djordjević, Cassidy, Rodgers, Hope, Bellamy, Estrada
February 20, Melbourne
A Radiance of Proximity
Music of Cassidy, Gentilucci, Einarsson, Johnson, Lim
February 22, Sydney
Ming Qi
Music of Cassidy, Johnson, Lim, Rodgers, Arul
February 24, Perth
Zone of Proximity
Music of Sergeant, Lim, Einarsson, Barrett, Rodgers, Shariatzadeh
April 9, Berlin, Germany
ELISION @ Klangbrücken 1
Music of Sforza, Milligan, Lim, Estrada, Cassidy
April 16, Hannover, Germany
ELISION @ Klangbrücken 2
Music of Lerch, Sdraulig, Johnson, Hope, Mavropoulou, Xenakis
April 17, Hannover, Germany
ELISION @ Kinna
Music of Cassidy, Lim, Einarsson, Barrett
April 20, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
ELISION @ Gothenburg Cathedral
Music of Cassidy, Lim, Einarsson, Barrett
April 21, Gothenburg, Sweden
Within the eye
Music of Richard Barrett
April 24, Den Haag, Nederlands
ELISION @ CeReNeM
Music of Lim, Bellamy, Johnson, Barrett
April 26, Huddersfield, UK
SPREEKLÄNGE
Music of Milligan, Lim
June 25, 26 & 27, Berlin, Germany
Tailor of Time
Music of Milligan, Lim, Barrett
July 16, Melbourne
THE ORESTEIA
Lim opera in partnership with Sydney Chamber Opera
July (dates and times to be announced) Sydney
Sorcerer
Music of Barrett, Djordjević, Estrada, Lim
September 14, Melbourne
Silent Noise
Music of Lachenmann, Barrett
September 18, Melbourne
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Performances 2020
Performances 2019
Performances 2018
About ELISION
ELISION is Australia’s premier new music ensemble, an international ’supergroup’ whose 17-strong membership includes some of the world’s leading musicians. We live in Paris, Berlin, Bern, Stuttgart, Cologne, Los Angeles, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
The ensemble has focussed its practice upon exploring and expanding musical possibilities; establishing an international reputation through performance of complex and virtuosically challenging aesthetics, a unique instrumentarium, and work in cross-disciplinary artforms, providing inspiring models of collaboration and innovation. ELISION is especially acknowledged for its rare level of expertise and authoritative interpretations of the music of Liza Lim, Richard Barrett, Mary Bellamy, Aaron Cassidy, Evan Johnson, Turgut Erçetin and many others.
SOUNDHOUSE
ELISION’s work has focused increasingly on pushing physical boundaries in search of certain kinds of visceral expressive experiences, the musical body in extremis being a benchmark of the ensemble’s repertoire. In a digitised world where physical presence is frequently replaced by avatars generating enormously complex effects, ELISION continues to be fascinated by an artisanal and intimately gestural approach to the production of music, co-creative processes of dialogue with composers, in which musicians imagine, develop and build new technical and expressive means.
Support
As a not-for-profit organisation, ELISION Ensemble greatly values the generosity and support of individuals and partners. For tax deductibility and fund raising matters ELISION works through the Australian Cultural Fund, an initiative of Creative Partnerships Australia.
Should you wish to donate to ELISION and celebrate the brilliance of Australian performance and composition please contact the Artistic Director through the link provided at the bottom of this page.
In 2026 ELISION project partners include the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, CeReNeM of Huddersfield University UK and the Ernst von Siemens Foundation through their Grants-in-Aid program. ELISION is also assisted by the Australian Government through Music Australia.
