NOMINATION: Luminary - Individual
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Nominee
Chloé Charody
Nominated Project/Activity
Pioneering a circus opera genre internationally
Nominator Statement
Chloé Charody is an Australian composer and show creator who is known internationally for her unique sound world that she enhances by combining classical music, circus and opera into a captivating genre of its own.
Chloé founded her production company, Chloé Charody Creations in 2010, the same year that she appeared on the world stage with her first circus opera THE CARNIVAL that opened on Londons West End. THE CARNIVAL then went on to run sell out shows across the world for the decade to follow.
Circus opera is a genre that Charody has pioneered and her work in this field has influenced many other arts companies and composers around the world.
As well as circus operas, Charody composes ballets, musicals, operas, large-scale symphonic works, childrens theatre and interdisciplinary chamber music. Her works have been performed and toured globally by several leading artists and companies including The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, The Dutch National Ballet, The Freestyle Orchestra and The Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
In 2014 Charodys opera MORNING BLOSSOMS (written with librettist Malcom Rock) toured to some of the biggest concert halls in The Netherlands including The Haarlem Philharmonie and Theatre De Spiegel performed with The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra.
Chloés work is paving a new path for classical music and opera, but her work in this field could not be realised without the collaboration of the Australian acrobatic violin virtuoso, Sonja Schebeck. Charody has composed several interdisciplinary works for Schebeck over the years including TALE OF THE FIREBIRD - a concerto for acrobatic-fire-taming-violinist and orchestra which premiered at City Recital Hall, Angel Place for VIVID 2019 and is now in re-development and will tour internationally from 2025 with the acrobatic orchestra from Vienna, The Freestyle Orchestra.
Schebeck has also performed in Charodys circus opera THE CARNIVAL and two of her ballets with The Dutch National Ballet - MAGDALENE and THE PHOENIX.
Most recently, Schebeck has co-created LIMBO - Charodys sonata for acrobatic violinist and acrobat. LIMBO is currently touring internationally having performed at Edinburgh Fringe, Kultursommer Festival in Vienna, and Krapoldi Festival in Innsbruck to name a few. LIMBO has also performed alongside Charodys song cycle for acrobatic soprano, TRUTH IN THE CAGE in Charodys latest concert platform, STORIES THAT MUST BE HEARD. In 2025, LIMBO will perform in some of Europes largest festivals including Zwart Cross in The Netherlands.
In 2025 Charodys orchestra fanfare, MY AUSTRALIA commissioned and performed in 2022 by The Sydney Symphony Orchestra at The Sydney Opera House Concert Hall will be performed by The Queensland Symphony Orchestra in several concerts at Queensland Performing Arts Centre and in their stunning outdoor concert, Symphony Under The Stars.
Also touring in 2025 will be Charodys circus opera MRS GIGGLYS MAGIC SCHOOL which premiered in 2024 at The Pentland Theatre, London.
2025 will also see the next stage in the development of Charodys opera THE DEVILS TIGER as well as the creation of JINGAH ISLAND - an animated feature film, co-created with Duncan Townsend and with screenplay by Warren Coleman (co-writer and co-director of HAPPY FEET 1 &
Nominee
Chloé Charody
Nominated Project/Activity
Pioneering a circus opera genre internationally
Chloé founded her production company, Chloé Charody Creations in 2010, the same year that she appeared on the world stage with her first circus opera THE CARNIVAL that opened on Londons West End. THE CARNIVAL then went on to run sell out shows across the world for the decade to follow.
Circus opera is a genre that Charody has pioneered and her work in this field has influenced many other arts companies and composers around the world.
As well as circus operas, Charody composes ballets, musicals, operas, large-scale symphonic works, childrens theatre and interdisciplinary chamber music. Her works have been performed and toured globally by several leading artists and companies including The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, The Dutch National Ballet, The Freestyle Orchestra and The Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
In 2014 Charodys opera MORNING BLOSSOMS (written with librettist Malcom Rock) toured to some of the biggest concert halls in The Netherlands including The Haarlem Philharmonie and Theatre De Spiegel performed with The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra.
Chloés work is paving a new path for classical music and opera, but her work in this field could not be realised without the collaboration of the Australian acrobatic violin virtuoso, Sonja Schebeck. Charody has composed several interdisciplinary works for Schebeck over the years including TALE OF THE FIREBIRD - a concerto for acrobatic-fire-taming-violinist and orchestra which premiered at City Recital Hall, Angel Place for VIVID 2019 and is now in re-development and will tour internationally from 2025 with the acrobatic orchestra from Vienna, The Freestyle Orchestra.
Schebeck has also performed in Charodys circus opera THE CARNIVAL and two of her ballets with The Dutch National Ballet - MAGDALENE and THE PHOENIX.
Most recently, Schebeck has co-created LIMBO - Charodys sonata for acrobatic violinist and acrobat. LIMBO is currently touring internationally having performed at Edinburgh Fringe, Kultursommer Festival in Vienna, and Krapoldi Festival in Innsbruck to name a few. LIMBO has also performed alongside Charodys song cycle for acrobatic soprano, TRUTH IN THE CAGE in Charodys latest concert platform, STORIES THAT MUST BE HEARD. In 2025, LIMBO will perform in some of Europes largest festivals including Zwart Cross in The Netherlands.
In 2025 Charodys orchestra fanfare, MY AUSTRALIA commissioned and performed in 2022 by The Sydney Symphony Orchestra at The Sydney Opera House Concert Hall will be performed by The Queensland Symphony Orchestra in several concerts at Queensland Performing Arts Centre and in their stunning outdoor concert, Symphony Under The Stars.
Also touring in 2025 will be Charodys circus opera MRS GIGGLYS MAGIC SCHOOL which premiered in 2024 at The Pentland Theatre, London.
2025 will also see the next stage in the development of Charodys opera THE DEVILS TIGER as well as the creation of JINGAH ISLAND - an animated feature film, co-created with Duncan Townsend and with screenplay by Warren Coleman (co-writer and co-director of HAPPY FEET 1 &