WHERE THE ANCIENT MEETS THE NEW, AND THE REAL MEETS THE UNKNOWN
Paul Castles is an Australian-American composer from Sydney whose work has been heard and seen on five continents.
Shaped by cross-cultural collaboration and centred on human stories, his music sits in the spaces between concert, theatre, and installation.
Upcoming
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The Call
A musical Tempest.
Created with Mkhululi Mabija and Nonku Phiri.
Cape Town/New York
2027
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Here is where we meet
A yearning through economies of love along a remembered Silk Road.
Created with Nicole W. Lee and Dapeng Liu.
Sydney
2027
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Anthem
Album release.
Melbourne
2027
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Diluted
The man who goes transparent.
Created with Namoo Chae Lee and Seayool.
London
2027
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The Road Between the Desert and the Ocean
An afterlife journey along the Skeleton Coast.
Created with Mkhululi Mabija.
Cape Town
2027
Repast II - Spier Light Art (2025)
Repast - Illuminate Festival (2023)
Repast - Illuminate Festival (2023)
Wild Goose Dreams - Public Theater (2018)
Wild Goose Dreams - La Jolla Playhouse (2017)
The Fountain - Daegu International Musical Festival (2013)
where the work has been seen
Brooklyn Academy of Music 2026
The Outlore Base 2025
Bloomsbury Festival 2025
Spier Light Art 2025
Artscape Theatre Centre 2024
Illuminate Festival 2023
7 Daughters of Eve 2022
Gamagol Theater 2021
Carriageworks 2020
Theatre Royal Bath 2019
Basin Dance Collective 2019
Public Theater 2018
La Jolla Playhouse 2017
Acadiana Center for the Arts 2016
Old Vic Lab 2016
Clare Cook Dance Theater 2015
Guerilla Theater 2014
Gaffa Gallery 2013
Victorian Opera 2012
Galapagos Art Space 2010
Metropolis Festival 2008
Malthouse Theatre 2008
other credits
FELLOW MacDowell
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE UKARIA Cultural Centre
COLLABORATIVE FELLOW Yaddo
RESIDENT FELLOW The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU
COMPOSER/LIBRETTIST STUDIO New Dramatists
FELLOW Sundance Institute
BEST NEW WORK Daegu International Musical Theatre Festival
CYBEC TWENTY FIRST CENTURY AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS PROGRAM Melbourne Symphony Orchestra