Novak Manojlovic - Places, People LP

PLACES, PEOPLE is a collation of works written by award winning composer, pianist and improvisor Novak Manojlovic for string quartet, piano, guitar and percussion. Inspired by a deep dive into chamber and film music as well as an unwavering sense of youthful nostalgia, each of the pieces which make up PLACES, PEOPLE seeks to consecrate memory into song. Here are devotionals to the places and people which prevail, and all that which does not go quietly.

The ensemble comprises Novak Manojlovic, Jacques Emery, Yuhki Mayne, Hana King, Beth Condon and Freya Schack-Arnott - all musicians who are established as individualistic and exciting Australian voices with a slew of awards between them. Together, the ensemble presents a contemporary, genre-spanning program which "conjure[s] images before your eyes". - John Shand, SMH.

Novak Manojlovic is an award winning composer, pianist and improvisor based in Sydney. He is the leader of several groups including the subversive piano trio HEKKA and large ensemble Grown Ocean, a member of Sam Gill's Coursed Waters and the contemporary improvising ensemble Microfiche, as well as the musical director for PNG/Australian artist NGAIIRE. In 2019 he was the recipient of the Freedman Fellowship in Jazz.