Fabian Hevia
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Chilean born Fabian Hevia migrated to Australia
in 1975 where he undertook classical training at University of Wollongong
Creative Arts faculty, later studying jazz at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
.
Fabian has toured, recorded and performed with many of Australia's finest musicians and overseas artists including James Morrison
, Don Burrows
, Dale Barlow
, Carl Orr, Don Harper, Miroslav Bukovsky
(Wanderlust
), Lonnie Liston Smith
(USA), Budi Assad (Brazil/ USA), The Catholics, Steve Hunters 9 Lives, Kristen Cornwell, Vince Jones
, Lily Dior, Jimmy Little
(Messenger), Karma County
(Into The Land Of Promise), Tim Hopkins
, Guy Strazzullo, The Mighty Reapers, Jeremy Sawkins, Barnie McCall, Kevin Hunt, Birth of the Cool (2003 Sydney Festival).
International tours include performances at Montreaux Jazz Festival, The North Sea Jazz Festival, Nice, Festival de Jazz Vitoria - Gasteiz, Aarhus, Jazzfest Wiesen, Toronto - Quebec & Vancouver Jazz Festival, Rome, Beijing and the Sweet Basil in Tokyo.
Fabian collaborated on the recording of Sandy Evans - Testimony (ABC Drama); with Chris Cody for Sydney Theatre Company
production of Don Juan and Nigel Weslake's sound track to the film The Nugget.
In 1994 Wanderlust won the ARIA
award for best jazz recording.
In 1996 Fabian was nominated for an APRA
jazz award.
Fabian teaches at Sydney Grammar School
and is an advisor to the Australia Council
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in 1975 where he undertook classical training at University of Wollongong
University of Wollongong
The University of Wollongong is a public university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney...
Creative Arts faculty, later studying jazz at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia...
.
Fabian has toured, recorded and performed with many of Australia's finest musicians and overseas artists including James Morrison
James Morrison (musician)
James Morrison AM is an Australian jazz musician who plays numerous instruments, but is best known for his trumpet playing...
, Don Burrows
Don Burrows
Donald Vernon Burrows, AO, MBE is an Australian jazz and swing musician, playing the clarinet, saxophone, and flute....
, Dale Barlow
Dale Barlow
Dale Barlow is an Australian jazz composer, multi-instrumentalist: especially tenor, alto saxophone, soprano saxophonist, baritone saxophone and flute....
, Carl Orr, Don Harper, Miroslav Bukovsky
Miroslav Bukovsky
Miroslav Bukovsky is one of Australia's leading jazz trumpeters and composer/arrangers.He has won the Jazz Action Society's Jazz Composers Competition several times and also teaches and does session work. He won an ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album of 1994 with his band Wanderlust, formed in 1991,...
(Wanderlust
Wanderlust
Wanderlust is a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world.-Etymology:The loanword from German language became an English term in 1902 as a reflection of what was then seen as a characteristically German predilection for wandering that may be traced back to German...
), Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician who played with important free jazz artists such as Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis before forming Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes, recording a number of albums widely regarded as classics in the fusion / Quiet Storm /...
(USA), Budi Assad (Brazil/ USA), The Catholics, Steve Hunters 9 Lives, Kristen Cornwell, Vince Jones
Vince Jones
Vince Jones is an Australian jazz artist. He is a singer, songwriter, and trumpet/flugelhorn player. His music includes both original music and new contemporary versions of jazz standards. His themes are often love, inequity, injustice, peace and anti-greed.He attributes his love of jazz to...
, Lily Dior, Jimmy Little
Jimmy Little
Jimmy Little AO , is an Australian Aboriginal musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist, whose career has spanned six decades. For many years he was the only Aboriginal star on the Australian music scene...
(Messenger), Karma County
Karma County
Karma County is an Australian music group who formed in 1995. They consist of Drummer Stuart Eadie, who also creates and co-ordinates the band's visual imagery , singer/guitarist Brendan Gallagher, who also produces the music, and bassist Michael Galeazzi.-Melody deal:In early 1999 the band signed...
(Into The Land Of Promise), Tim Hopkins
Tim Hopkins
Tim Hopkins, is an Australian jazz musician who won the Australian National Jazz Award at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz in 1993.-Career:...
, Guy Strazzullo, The Mighty Reapers, Jeremy Sawkins, Barnie McCall, Kevin Hunt, Birth of the Cool (2003 Sydney Festival).
International tours include performances at Montreaux Jazz Festival, The North Sea Jazz Festival, Nice, Festival de Jazz Vitoria - Gasteiz, Aarhus, Jazzfest Wiesen, Toronto - Quebec & Vancouver Jazz Festival, Rome, Beijing and the Sweet Basil in Tokyo.
Fabian collaborated on the recording of Sandy Evans - Testimony (ABC Drama); with Chris Cody for Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Theatre Company
The Sydney Theatre Company is one of Australia's best-known theatre companies operating from The Wharf Theatre near The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Sydney Theatre and the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre....
production of Don Juan and Nigel Weslake's sound track to the film The Nugget.
In 1994 Wanderlust won the ARIA
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
award for best jazz recording.
In 1996 Fabian was nominated for an APRA
APRA
APRA or Apra may refer to:* American Popular Revolutionary Alliance , a Peruvian political party* Australasian Performing Right Association, a copyright collecting society...
jazz award.
Fabian teaches at Sydney Grammar School
Sydney Grammar School
Sydney Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, selective, day school for boys, located in Darlinghurst, Edgecliff and St Ives, all suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
and is an advisor to the Australia Council
Australia Council
The Australia Council, informally known as the Australia Council for the Arts, is the official arts council or arts funding body of the Government of Australia.-Function:...
.