/ Linsey Pollak

For over 20 years Linsey has made an international reputation as a performer, musician-in-residence, musical director, instrument maker/inventor, and composer.

A life-altering experience was an 8 month stay in Macedonia, where he studied the Gaida (Macedonian bagpipes). When he returned to Australia he founded the Multicultural Music Center of WA and later created many multi-cultural music ensembles including the National Cross Cultural Ensemble "Slivanje".

Linsey has performed all around Australia and internationally, and has recorded 21 albums. He is also well known for his solo music theatre shows such as "The Art of Food", "Knocking on Kevin’s Door" and "Playpen" which have toured to Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, North America, Brazil and many festivals in Europe.

He has also worked as a musical instrument maker for 30 years and has designed a number of new wind instruments and specializes in crafting woodwind instruments of Eastern Europe.

Linsey Pollak plays:
"Clarinis" (narrow bore clarinets), Gaida (Macedonian bagpipes), "Sakfoonki" (bagpipes invented by Linsey), "Rosella" and "Crow" (narrow bore bass clarinets made from glass and wood) and Clarinet.

listen to mp3

"Anticipation"
Nandi hill.mp3
Sabah taqasim.mp3
Hijazkar improvisation.mp3

“six four five eight six four seven eight”
ebenezer.mp3
lik lik.mp3
soursop.mp3

Moments of Optimism
moments 1.mp3
moments 2,mp3
moments 3.mp3

dva - live
track 1.mp3
track 2.mp3
track 3.mp3