‘Carl Vine AO is one of the most prolific and consistently inspired composers of our time, with an output that includes eight symphonies, thirteen concertos and six string quartets’ (Chicago Classical Review, August 2022). His compositions are performed frequently around the world and recordings of his music on more than 70 albums play regularly on international streaming platforms. He has composed an extensive range of chamber music alongside various work for film, television, dance and theatre. Although primarily a composer of modern art music, he has undertaken such diverse tasks as arranging the Australian National Anthem and writing music for the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games (Atlanta, 1996).

Amongst his most acclaimed scores are his Piano Sonata (1990, for the Sydney Dance Company) and his Choral Symphony (No 6, 1996, for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra). His first six symphonies are available on the ABC Classics album Carl Vine: The Complete Symphonies performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. His earlier chamber music is available on three albums on the Tall Poppies label (TP013, TP120 and TP190).

From 2000 until 2019 Carl was Artistic Director of Musica Viva Australia. Within that role he was also Artistic Director of the Huntington Estate Music Festival from 2006, and of the Musica Viva Festival (Sydney) from 2008. Carl has been Senior Lecturer in Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music since 2014. His recent compositions include Five Intermezzi for solo piano, Piano Sonata No 4, The Enchanted Loom (Symphony No 8, for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra), and Five Hallucinations—a trombone concerto for the Chicago and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. In 2014 Carl was appointed an Officer of The Order Of Australia (AO) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.