Hue Blanes

Composer, singer and pianist, Hue Blanes is no stranger to Australian ears. The musical savant has graced Melbourne’s jazz clubs for more than a decade, appearing in various trios, duos, curating his own shows and as an original member of Electro Hip-hop outfit, the Melodics. In 2017, Blanes won the prestigious PBS Young Elder of Jazz and received multiple Green Room nominations for his comedy show Hue Blanes and the Moon. Now based in the Netherlands, The Count’s is thrilled to host a very rare Melbourne show.

Hue grew up in the small Victorian town of Healesville, where he began his musical life playing local fetes, 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 and the prestigious Billy Hyde Music Prize for outstanding achievement.

Hue’s teachers have included some of Australia’s finest musicians – Bob and Steven Sedergreen, Andrea Keller, Tim Stevens, Tony Gould, and most recently with Fred Hersch and Jason Moran.

Hue Blanes is ‘out of the box’. He has been involved in a myriad of genres and musical projects, all with the ultimate purpose of improving his playing and understanding of music.
He writes jazz, classical music, tragicomic songs about love, dying and world conspiracies. This eclectic performer also plays jazz standards, classical scores and spiritual hymns he finds at second-hand bookstores.

An incredible live artist, Hue has played at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Adelaide Cabaret festival.

The winner of the 2018 Lucerne School of Music International Jazz Piano competition, Hue now, brings his unique sounds to The Count’s courtyard.