Behind Doors: Elsen Price
Elsen Price | Double Bass
Natural Land (2003)
‘With just one instrument, Elsen conjures up an entire world of sound, expression and emotion. It defies categorisation, except for one obvious thing: this is astounding music’. - Hugh Robertson (Jazz Label Manager)
Sydney based Double Bassist and composer Elsen Price has performed both locally and internationally at BassEurope (Prague), Yilan International Art Festival (Taipei), Audio Foundation (Auckland), Sydney Festival, Vivid Festival, MONA and Woodford Folk Festival. He has also performed alongside Josh Groban, Mike Patton (Faith No More) and Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth).
Elsen has a keen interest in New Music and he frequently performs new works by Andrew Batt-Rawden, David Hush, P. Kellach Waddle, Elena Kats-Chernin and Keyna Wilkins. Within the genre of World Music, Elsen collaborates with many traditional performers from Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Armenia.
Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM