Julien Wilson (34) is an in-demand saxophonist and composer who spent much of the late 90s living and working in Europe with the Swiss based multinational band SNAG. He also studied on scholarships in the USA with Paul Bley and George Russell and performed with the Bob Moses Quartet.

He is a permanent member of Ishish, The Australian Art Orchestra, assumptions, Murphy?s Law, Rumberos and Los Cabrones and has worked in small groups with Mike Nock, Barney McAll, Paul Grabowsky and Jim Black.

He holds music degrees from Melbourne University and New England Conservatory in Boston and currently teaches improvisation and saxophone at the Victorian College of the Arts and Monash University. Julien is currently Musical Director of a project involving Indigenous musicians from Arnhem Land and members of the AAO, and has recently released his debut CD after many years co-leading and recording with Festa, assumptions and SNAG.

Julien's website is www.julienwilson.com