Luke Paulding has died. Considered to be one of the most promising and accomplished of Australia’s young, emerging composers, he passed away in October at the age of 33.

Luke Paulding. Photo supplied

Born in Bahrain in 1987, Paulding arrived in Australia with his family at the age of five and was raised in Melbourne. He graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2010, having won a number of awards including the Marion Isobel Thomas Estate Award. He went on to undertake a Masters (Research) at the University of Melbourne.

A trained pianist and tuba player, Paulding was a founding member of Quiver, a new music collective formed in 2009 to pursue the exploration of sound through performance, improvisation and installation. Quiver commissioned works by Paulding along with composers including Warren Burt, David Young, Chris Dench, David Chesworth and James Rushford. Quiver was awarded the Alan C Memorial Fund and the Atheneum Award for excellence in chamber music through the Victorian College of the Arts.

Paulding’s music has been performed and recorded in the UK, Ireland, France, the Middle East, Singapore and across much of Australia, by leading musicians...