PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Concerts, Performances with Roy Hargrove, Rick Margitza, Annie Whitehead, Jason Marsalis, Michel Jonasz, Carla Bruni, Tina Arena, Simone Young, Enrico Macias, Michel Jonasz, Rhoda Scott, Johan Kinde, Antonio Hart, Herb Geller, Glenn Ferris, Stephano di Battista, Marcel Azzola, Sonny Murray, James Morrison, Lisa Simone, Stéphane Belmondo, Barry Altschul, Frank Lacy, Sulieman Hakim, Ari Brown, Graham Haynes, Sarah Lazarus, Steve Lehman, Kurt Olofferson, Yves Robert, Dave O’Higgins, Joe Lee Wilson, Daniel Yvinec, François Théberge, Paris Jazz Orchestra, Onzy Matthews Big Band, Ludmil Perez, Caneiro Edmundo, Alfredo Rodriguez, Brice Wassy, Rasul Siddik, Wayne Dockery, George Brown, Fabio Morgera, Sangoma Everett, Peter Gritz, Prakash Sharwal, Simon Spang Hanssen, Laurent Mignard, Nils Langren, Amar Sundy, Carl Schlosser, Larry Gillespie, Jean-Loup Lognon, Jean-Jacques Avenel, Vic Pitts, Karen Hammar, Nadia Pelle, Michele Troise, Met. Opera, Celeste Lazarenko AO, Maia Andrews, Berlin Opera, Gordon Brisker, Don Burrows, Sandy Evans, Adrian Mears, Tim Hopkins, Miroslav Bukovsky, Scott Tinkler, James Greening, Phil Slater, Julien Wilson, Lloyd Swanton, Jonathan Zwartz etc. Some Special Performances and Events - Recitals/Concerts for UNESCO, OECD, World Bank, Australian Embassy Paris, the Australian Governor General, the Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius, the Royal Family of Morocco, European Science Ministers Conference Paris, American Embassy Paris, American Embassy Algiers, Irish Embassy Tanzania, 1990-2020 . - Composition and performance of musical suite Shadows across the Land for the inauguration of the Australian Music Centre in Paris France 2001 - The music of Chris Cody is regularly selected by QANTAS and several other international airlines for in-flight entertainment from 1998 on and he features in the Qantas inflight magazine. - Regular Collaboration (audio analysis and composition) with the psycho-acoustic research team (perception et cognition musicale), directed by Steve McAdams at IRCAM, Paris, France 2000-04 -Television Live Performances and Interviews: Bouillon de Culture de Bernard Pivot, France 2, TF1, TV 5, OC-TV, Paris Premiere, BFM TV, TF1 (France) ABC TV, SBS TV, (Australia) etc. - Radio Live Performances and Interviews: Radio France, France Musique, France Culture, TSF, BBC, ABC Radio, Radio Australia, SBS Australia, Radio Algérie, Radio Tanzania and many more. Selected Festivals  UK/Ireland: London, Norfolk, Derry, France: Paris Quartiers d’Ete, Paris Fete de la Musique, Marciac, Marseille, Fête de la Fraternité, Les Rendez-Vous de L’Erdre, Nantes, Jazz Balade Albi, Avignon, Mazemet, Le Havre, St. Tropez, Mégeves, Viasse, Man Ray Festival, Deauville, Martin Luther King Festival, UNESCO Charlie Parker Hommage, Marcoussis, St. Cergues, St. Gilles Croix de Vie, Pau, New Music Festival Paris, Arts et Mouvants, Musiques à Bagatelle, Jazz Balade, L’Art 2000 Paris, Italy: Rome, Sabaudia, Belgium: Brussels Jazz Marathon, Europe Youth Festival Antwerp, Germany: Berlin, Munich, Sweden: Stockholm, Switzerland: Ascona, Xopf New Music Basel, CIM Geneva festival, Ireland: Cork, Derry. Tanzania: Dars Es Salaam, Festival de Francophonie; Australia: Sydney Festival, Sydney Fringe, Adelaide Festival, Wangaratta, Newcastle, Manly, South American Music Festival of Sydney, Australian Music Festival, Australian Music Convention, Bach and Beyond, Australian International Music Show, Newtown, Eastside Arts, Listen Up! Whats Up, New Caledonia: Noumea, Blues Up, New Zealand: Tauranga, CJC, Auckland etc Selected Venues Village Gate, Augies (USA), Museum of Modern Art Paris, Duc des Lombards, Sunset, Le Petit Opportun, Le Bilboquet, Le Franc Pinot, UNESCO, Australian Embassy, American Embassy, American Church Paris, Latitudes St.Germain, Le Méridien, Plaza Athénée, Le Ritz, Disneyland, Opus Cafe, Blue Note, Montana’s, Les Instants Chavirés, Caveau des Oubliettes, Caveau de la Huchette, Le Bab-ilo, Le Casino de Deauville, le Petit Journal, les Sept Lézards, Le Petit Trianon, Theatre du Pave, Apollo Theatre, (France), Brickworks, London Eye, Hep Cats Club, (U.K), Glenn Miller Cafe, Lillihotelbaren, (Sweden), CPM Club, Le Bermuda , Kulturkazerne, Birsickerhof, Take Five, Lansdowne, Grand Hotel Bellevue à Gstaad, La Luge à Verbiers (Switzerland), Bibis, Music Village, Antwerp (Belgium), Hotel Brittanica,(Greece), La Cage (Morocco), Opera d'Oran, (Algeria), Café de Klepel, Koninklijk Theatre (Holland), StaatsOper - Munich Opera, Wolfsberg Autostadt (Germany), Sweet Easy, Dars Es Salaam, (Tanzania), The Waterfront, (Zanzibar), Marriot Hotel, Obidos (Portugal), Café de Paris (Cuba), Sydney Opera House, Sydney Town Hall, Melbourne Performing Arts Centre, Riverside Theatres, The Basement, Harbourside Brasserie, Strawberry Hills, Soup Plus, Alliance Française, Paddington Church, Paddington Art Gallery, Side On Café, Seymour Centre, Soundlounge, Bennett’s Lane, Jazzlab, Uptown Jazz Cafe, Hyde Park Corner Perth, 505, CJC, Foundry 616, The Camelot, Milton Theatre (Australie, NZ) etc. Classical Recitals  Château de Fère en Tardenois, Château de Fèrrières en Brie, Château d’Ermenonville, Theatre du Pave, Toulouse, Le Cercle Suédois, Paris, American Church of Paris, Museum of Modern Art of Paris, Atelier Main d’Or, Paris, Le Dome de Paris, Café Fantasia, Disneyland, Theatre des Amandiers, Koboku Room, Theatre de Girandolle, Eglise Protestante de Paris, Garennes-Colombes, Mairie de Bréteuil, Australian Embassy of Paris, American Embassy of Paris (France), Sydney Opera House, Sydney Town Hall, Eugene Goosens Hall, Vergruggen Hall, Elisabeth Bay House, Vaucluse House, University of Sydney, Great Hall, Seymour Centre, Boronia House, Festival Bach and Beyond, Chapelle du Sacre Coeur, Christ Church of St. Laurence, Sydney (Australia) etc. Music Composed for Film and Television 2020 Ma Ville de Villers Bretonneux, Allejandro Schneider, France 2015 Australian Volleyball Tour of Spain, short film, Ruby Boukabou, Paris 2015 Making Pho, Ruby Boukabou, France 2014 My Couscous Cousins, Ruby Boukabou, Algiers 2014 Belleville, by Olivier Rutherford and Ruby Boukabou. Paris, France 2013 Au Canal St Martin, Paris Tap Crew, France 2013 Dance of the Spider Woman, A. Ruhlman, Short film, New York USA 2011 Mephisto (dir. L. Vaissiere) Short Film, France. Winner Best Film, Festivals of Pau, Toronto, Istanbul. 2008 Paris Ville de Musique, TV Documentary, Co-producer with G. Appel, ABC TV, Australia. Radio program version for ABC Radio 2001 Paris Down Under (R. Shasnall), Documentary, SBS TV, Australia 2000 Bouillon de Culture, music for title credits and performance, TV Arts program, France Television, France 2, TV 5 World. 1999 Dr Jazz (Nigel Perry), Prize winner Sydney Film Festival 1999 Two Fingers (R. Pain), Australia Music Composed for Theatre, Commissions, Events 2019 Of Time and Place, Blenheim House commission City of Randwick 2018 Astrolabe, Suite for La Perouse, Riverside Theatres, Parramatta 2017 Sur Une Balançoire (Guiillaume Destrem), France 2014 Livret de Famille, La Belle Equipe, France 2011-13 Le Gros, la Vache Et Le Mainate, (Pierre Guillois), Jazz Opera, National Theatre de France, Le Rond Point Paris, Théatre Commedia Paris, National tours France, Switzerland 2012 Yanne a Marre, La Belle Equipe, France 2011 Kabarett 33, Bremner Duthrie, Tours USA, Canada 2010 Crochambule, Compagnie Rue de Berlioz, France 2006 Diatribe d’Amour Contre Un Homme Assis, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, France 2004 Modal Fragments for IRCAM Paris 2003 Shadows Across The Land, with artist Peter Bond, commission Australian Music Centre Paris 2001 Don Juan de Molière, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House Australia 1994 Un Petit Gout d’Anis, France 1987 Thirty One Celestial Flavours, Sydney 1986 When the Garbo Bangs Twice, SUDS 1985 Little Lou, SUDS Music Composed for Dance 2013 Dance of The Spider Woman, Arnaud Ruhlman, New York 2011 Pillow Book Dance Company, Pittsburg, dir. Pearl Ann Porter, Moe Seager, The Paris Projects 2010 Jazz on Broadway, American Academy of Dance, Paris Musical Theatre 2020 Matilda, Sydney 2011-13 Le Gros, la Vache et le Mainate, (Pierre Guillois), Jazz Operetta, France, Switzerland 2011-13 Yanne a Marre, La Belle Equipe, France 2011 Kabarett 33 (USA, Canada), 2010 Crochambule, France 2009 The Story of the Blues, dir. Marten Ingle (France) 2008 Nuit Blanche Chez Francis, La Belle Equipe, Festival d’Avignon 1996 Jazzy Josie B. (with Herb Geller, Jaime Rogers), Paris 1994 Un Petit Gout d’Anis, France 1994 West Side Story, dir. Rachel Snow, Paris 1988 The Shiny Frock Show, NIDA, Sydney 1987 Company (director Simone Young), Sydney 1986 Motown Showdown, Sydney 1986 Jesus Christ Superstar, Sydney 1985 West Side Story, Sydney 1982 Oklahoma, Sydney AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS : 2024 Create Australia Grant, New Works 2023 Judge, Freedman Fellowship Australia 2022 Australia Council Grant, New Works 2020 Judge, Freedman Fellowship Australia 2019 Australia Council Grant, New Works 2015 Australia Council Grant, New Works 2016 Judge APRA Art Music Awards 2015 Judge, Freedman Fellowship Australia 2014 Judge, Freedman Fellowship, Australia 2010 US Department of State Federal Award, Tour of Algeria 2003 Django D’Or Nomination, France 1999 Finalist Australian National Jazz Awards, Wangaratta 1998 APRA nomination for best jazz album for Chris Cody Coalition, Oasis 1995 Finalist Tremplin Jazz Val d’Oise 1989 Best Jazz Composition, Australian Jazz Action Society 1989 Jack Chrotowsky Prize for Jazz Piano, NSW Conservatorium of Music 1979 Finalist, Roger Woodward Classical Piano Scholarship 1977-87 Prize Winner Sydney and Warringah Eisteddfords SELECTIVE DISCOGRAPHY : Chris Cody Charlie Tait Under Ocean (The Confectionery2201) Chris Cody Mountain to Sea CCM014 Chris Cody The Outsider live Tuggeranong CCM013 Chris Cody The Outsider CCM012 Chris Cody Coalition, The Outsider live at Marys Underground Chris Cody, Astrolabe, Live at The Foundry 2019 Chris Cody: Astrolabe (CCM011) Chris Cody: Not My Lover (Wave Music) Jon Handelsman: Spirit House Bremner Duthrie: Kabarett 33 (pianist, arranger, producer) Paddy Sherlock, Electric Chop Shop (pianist, arranger) Tuesday Warren Luminescence Quartet: One Drop of Water Tuesday Warren Luminescence Quartet: Si Seulement Jocelyn Moen, La Rouge Qui Bouge, (pianist, arranger, producer),(Roadsign) Wendy Lee Taylor, Compilation, Jewel, (Smoove Records, Japan) Chris Cody Coalition, Conscript (CHC001, Nocturne, France) Wendy Taylor: Lets Do It , pianist, arranger (Crystal CDM 16) Chris Cody/Pierre Dayraud Quartet Chris Cody Sun Quartet with David Lewis Freyja: This Girl (pianist, arranger, producer), FR626 Chris Cody Coalition featuring Glenn Ferris: Midnight Tide (Cristal/Harmonia Mundi) On The Corner: Four (Amrap) Chris Cody Coalition: Music for Don Juan (STC 501) Elisabeth Green, Biodiversity, (UWS BD02) Chris Cody Coalition: Oasis (Naxos 86018-2). APRA nomination for best jazz album 1998 Naxos Artists: The Many Faces of Naxos Jazz (Naxos 86040) Chris Cody: Coalition (Quoi de Neuf Docteur 032) Skander Guetari : Alwan (Bynzart, SG06131928) Gervais Koffe: The African Diaspora (Forest) Caroline Lynn: The Shaman’s Kiss (Newmarket 3113.2) Paddy Sherlock and the Jump Jive Five: The Louis Jordan Show Paddy Sherlock and the Swingin Lovers Jeff Hoffman: Good Thing (MDM 101) Beigel Daisy Toasts (Virgin France) Stefan Hugye: Sympathisers (Xopf 020) TEACHING EXPERIENCE   2017-25 Mentor/coach for Performance and Composition, Kincoppal Rose Bay 2020 Performance Coach SCEGGS Darlinghurst 2014-2015 Lecturer, NSW Conservatorium of Music, Sydney 2014 Australian Institute of Music, Sydney, Australia - Visiting Lecturer in keyboard skills, improvisation, instrumental major, vocal and piano masterclass 2013 Ensemble and improvisation class, C.I.M., Paris, France 2013 Jury member, Conservatoire d'Evry, France 2010-11 Académie Américaine de Dance de Paris, France - teacher, arranger, Broadway musical theatre and jazz class 2008 Jury member, Conservatoire de Saint Maur, France 2003-10 British School of Paris, France - classical, jazz piano and composition teacher. ABRSM to Licentiate level 2004-07 Lautrec Festivaoût, France - director, stage/ master class, improvisation and performance 1996-2000 NSW Conservatorium of Music /University of Sydney, Australia - visiting piano and music lecturer BMus program: jazz ensemble, arrangement, and improvisation classes, instrument majors. 1996-2000 Australian Institute of Music, Sydney Australia - piano and music teacher, Director of jazz piano, examination panel. Direction of ensemble and improvisation classes, lecturer in contemporary music history, harmony and theory, aural skills, creation of study programs and syllabus. 1996-2000 Sydney School of Piano, Australia - founder, co-director and teacher, piano and improvisation 1997-2000 Kambala Church Of England Girl’s School, Sydney, Australia - piano teacher, classical and jazz, AMEB, Trinity College syllabus 1999 Australian National Jazz Awards, Wangaratta, Australia - Masterclass on jazz performance and improvisation 1997-98 University of Western Sydney - visiting lecturer, masterclasses and workshops in piano, ensemble, jazz harmony, composition and improvisation 1990-96 British School of Paris, France - teacher, piano and composition, classical and jazz, ABRSM syllabus 1987-88 SCEGS Shore, Sydney Grammar, Sydney - visiting tutor, double bass. 1982-89 St. Ignatius College, Sydney - teacher, piano and double bass, classical and jazz, AMEB and Trinity college syllabus, direction of workshops, various ensembles and music camps ACTING   Theatre 2011-13 Le Gros, la Vache et le Mainate (Bernard Menez, P. Guillois) Theatre Nationale de France, Rond Point, Tours of France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium 2011 Yanne a Marre, La Belle Equipe, Theatre du Pave, Toulouse 2010 Crochambule, Compagnie Rue de Berlioz, France 1992 Un Petit Gout d’Anis, Théâtre du Renard, Paris, France 1981 The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew, Riverview Theatre, Australia 1980 The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare), Riverview Theatre, Australia 1972 A Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare) The Monash University Players, Australia Cinema and TV 2003 Une Vie à T’Attendre, feature film with Patrick Bruel and Nathalie Baye 2003 Tais-Toi, feature film by Francis Veber with Gérard Depardieu and Jean Reno 2003 Diane, Femme et Flic, Téléfilm by Marc Olivetti 1999 Dr Jazz, film by David Perry, prize winner at Sydney Film Festival 1983 Tribes, Compass, ABC TV, National TV, Australia 1975 Power Without Glory (Frank Hardy) ABC TV - Australia EDUCATION 1990 Lessons with Larry Willis, Masterclass at New School with Branford Marsalis, New York. 1988-89 Associate Diploma in Jazz Studies, NSW Conservatorium of Music Sydney, lessons with Mike Nock and Roger Frampton. 1989 Licentiate of Trinity College London in classical piano performance with high distinction 1983-90 Piano Lessons with Elisabeth Green (Juilliard School, Royal College of Music) 1984-86 Bachelor of Arts (Music, French, Philosophy Italian), University of Sydney. Composition with Peter Sculthorpe1983-84 Bachelor of Music (Classical Piano Performance), University of Sydney, piano with Elizabeth Green, Harpsichord with Winsome Evans. LANGUAGES French and English: Bilingual. Italian: Basic Spanish: notions OTHER INTERESTS 2014-24 Music and book reviews, articles and interviews for Loudmouth magazine and Music Trust Australia Poetry, Literature, Theatre, History, Art, Film. 1997-2000 Radio Presenter : Dr. Cody’s Hip Transplants, Radio Eastside 89.9FM, Sydney Sport: Karate (Kyokushin Kai NSW State Runner-Up 1987), Boxing, Swimming, Cycling, Hiking 1997-2000 Surf Lifesaver, Bronte Surf Lifesaving Club