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| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Years active | <2000 (2000)–present |
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Speak Percussion are an Australianpercussion ensemble led by artistic director Eugene Ughetti.[1]
The original five members, including Ughetti, came together in 1999, to join a recital by Minako Okamoto while they were undergraduate students atVictorian College of the Arts. The following year, they formed Speak Percussion and made their debut at Musica Viva'sMénage music nights atChapel off Chapel.[2] Later that year the line-up of Okamoto, Ughetti, Justin Marshall and Rory McDougall performedFritz Hauser'sDouble Exposition.[3]
In 2002, the group split up due to financial and creative strain, with Ughetti the only one wishing to continue. Since then they have operated as a collective, with an ever-changing lineup.[2]
Since forming, they have collaborated withOren Ambarchi,Anthony Pateras,Jon Rose,Ethel, and glass artist Elaine Miles.[4][5][6]
In 2018, Norwegian record label Sofa releasedBefore Nightfall One, an album with Speak Percussion andIngar Zach. This was followed byPercussion Works, an album with Thomas Meadowcroft released onMode Records in 2020.
They have been nominated at theAPRA's Art Music Awards each year from 2011 to 2017 and 2019–2021, and have won five awards between 2015 and 2021.
In 2021 Kaylie Melville became Speak Percussion's assistant Artistic Directorhttps://speakpercussion.com/new-assistant-artistic-director-kaylie-melville/
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