Photo credit: Elliot Leahy
Adriel is a young Australian composer currently based in Western Sydney. He is in his fourth year of a Bachelor of Music (Composition) Honours at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he has been studying for the past few years under Carl Vine AO.
His music often explores interesting harmonic sonorities and has been played by various ensembles including the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Symphony Orchestra, New Music Ensemble, and Saxophone Orchestra; the Australian and Sydney Youth Orchestras, Steel City Strings, Ensemble Offspring, the Goldner String Quartet, the Australian Haydn Ensemble, Caesura Ensemble, SAGA Collective, the Macquarie Singers, and the Choir and Organists of Saint Patrick's Cathedral Parramatta.
Additionally, his music has been presented in workshops and masterclasses with the Australian String Quartet, Sydney Chamber Choir, and Finnish composer and pianist Olli Mustonen.
Adriel was awarded second prize (The Highly Commended Award) in the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra's 2025 Young Composer Award. He has also been awarded the Sydney Conservatorium of Music's 2022 Horace Keats Memorial Prize for Composition, their 2023 Frank Albert Music Prize, their 2024 Ignaz Friedman Memorial Prize; and a 2022, 2023, and 2024 Academic Merit Prize from the University of Sydney.
Aside from his composing Adriel sings regularly as a Bass Scholar with the Choir of Saint Patrick's Cathedral Parramatta. He is currently also a Conducting Scholar with River City Voices.
Current as of October 2025
(live recording - Hannah Grogan)
(Live recording - Goldner String Quartet)
(live recording - Sydney Conservatorium of Music New Music Ensemble, directed by Benjamin Northey)
(Sibelius-Noteperformer 4 recording)