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Composed for Angus Pace
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) as part of the ANAM Set 2026 and written for Angus Pace, to be premiered during ANAM’s 2026 recital season at the Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne.
The 2026 ANAM Set commissions are supported by the Anthony and Sharon Lee Foundation.
About the composer:
Lewis Ingham is an Australian composer based in Ballarat and Melbourne (VIC). His compositional voice is tinged with a modernist aesthetic, but his music is very much for the present era, often exploring themes of climate change and ecology. Lewis' compositions have been admired for their depth in instrumental colour and harmony, and have been performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Offspring, the Australian Youth Orchestra, Arcadia Winds, and Hypercube (USA).
Recognised for his talents through numerous awards, scholarships, and commissions, Lewis creates depth and detail within his compositions by slowly unfurling and transforming melodic gestures within the web of his personal and defined harmonic language. The innate delicacy and intricacy within his music is apparent in his compositions for both small and large instrumental forces.
Lewis is a current PhD candidate at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (University of Melbourne) under the tutelage of acclaimed Australian composer Elliott Gyger. Lewis' research is concerned with contextualising how his compositional voice and the ecological themes he explores in his music fit into the broader landscape of Australian art music. The cornerstone of his artistic research is a recent large-scale solo piano work, Ec(h)o, which explores the traces of human existence in the environment and was first performed by Danaë Killian in January, 2024.
Lewis is based in Victoria, Australia, on Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung Country.
Website: https://www.lewisingham.com.au/
Image credit: Tegan Lumley Ingham, supplied by composer.