Larry Sitsky

Larry Sitsky is a national and international figure who has been a powerful force in shaping Australia's contemporary cultural life. His musical achievements have included composition, performance and recording, teaching and broadcasting, research and scholarship. Sitsky's compositions are inspired by many exotic sources drawn from literature and Eastern cultures. Sitsky has composed for a wide range of musical forms including operas, concerti, chamber music and works for solo instruments. His style is virtuosic, rhapsodic and exciting.

"Music to me is a mystic experience... I like to think of it as a kind of door opening to another dimension which is beyond our everyday world. Music has such incredible power."

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Heide Smith
Larry Sitsky, 2008
Private Collection. Reproduced with kind permission of Heide Smith.