Elsen Price is an Australian Double Bassist, Composer, Band Leader and Educator who specialises as a soloist, collaborator with Living Composers, and collaborator with Non-Western Musicians. Professional Highlights include performances with Josh Groban (Multi Grammy Award Winner), Mike Patton (Faith No More), Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Sharam Nazeri (Iran), Alireza Ghourbani (Iran), Adnan Karim (Iraq). Featured Artist Performances include BassEurope Festival (Prague), Yilan International Art Festival (Taipei), Audio Foundation (NZ), Sydney Festival, MONA, Vivid Festival and Woodford Festival. Film Highlights include ‘Dead Sunrise’ (Michal Imielski) – 15 International Awards and Nominations. International New Music Premiere Highlights include David Heyes (UK), P Kellach Waddle (USA), Teppo Hauto-Aho (FIN), Bernard Salles (FRA), David Hush (AUS) and Keyna Wilkins (AUS). Price also hosts Sydney Radio Show ‘New Australia Radio’ on Eastside FM.

‘Elsen’s playing here is stylish, suave and seductive as lyrical lines twist and turn throughout, unfolding with striking urgency’ – Cutcommon Magazine

‘Elsen Price is an incredibly inspiring musician who seems to have no limits to his abilities’ – Jazz and Beyond

‘able to generate fizzing energy from the strings of his double bass, whether playing pizzicato or arco. This is energy that rushes from the speakers and instantly draws you into his musical narratives’ – Sydney Morning Herald

Join Elsen Price and special guest, Bruce Cale, at Hotel Blue this Saturday Night, 6:30-8:30 pm. Come along early if you want a seat as it's first come, first served. Bar & Kitchen open, family-friendly, free event. Live music @ Hotel Blue is brought to you by 'Music in the Mountains'.