After completing his music degree at the ANU School of Music, Alex spent two years travelling and performing in Europe, and also toured Taiwan as principal cellist with the Eurasia Chamber Orchestra. Alex returned to Canberra to enrol in a post-graduate course in computer animation with the Australian Centre for Arts and Technology (ACAT).
His final animation, a music visualisation of a cello duet composed and performed by himself, was screened as part of the digital media section of the 1999 Sydney Film Festival. Alex has appeared with Stopera as principal cellist in two award-winning productions: Viva Verdi! in 2001 and Jane Eyre in 2005.
Also performing with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and other ACT music groups, Alex is an active freelance musician in Canberra and continues to explore the fusion of music and image |