Hue Blanes Trio

About

Hue Blanes is no stranger to Australian ears. The musical savant has graced Melbourne’s jazz clubs for more than two decades, appearing in various trios and duos, curating his own shows, and as a founding member of electro hip-hop outfit The Melodics. In 2017, Blanes won the prestigious PBS Young Elder of Jazz award and received multiple Green Room nominations for his MIJF comedy show Hue Blanes and the Moon . The past seven years have seen him based in the Netherlands; however, Hue is now back in Melbourne to wow audiences and once again call the four-seasons city home. Hue grew up in the small Victorian town of Healesville, where he began his musical life playing local fêtes, concerts and festivals. He received a scholarship to study at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS) and graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Music Performance, receiving the prestigious Billy Hyde Music Prize for outstanding achievement. His teachers have included some of Australia’s finest musicians — Bob and Steven Sedergreen, Andrea Keller, Tim Stevens and Tony Gould — an