Paul Cutlan is a multi-instrumentalist and composer special- ilsing in improvisation, cross-cultural music, jazz and hybrid genres. He has played with numerous orchestras including the Australian Chamber Orchestra and SSO, Gurrumul, Lou Reed, Bobby Previte, Jim McNeely, and Ólafur Arnalds, the Australian Art Orchestra, world music band Mara!. and theatre productions for Belvoir and Sydney Theatre Company. Cutlan's commissions include the cabaret Birth of the Cool (Sydney Festival, Spiegeltent, Edinburgh, Germany) and Affirmations (Aurora New Music Festival). Artists who have performed Cutlan's work include didjeridu artist Mark Atkins, bass recorder virtuoso Alicia Crossley and viola da gamba specialist Jennifer Eriksson.
