Hip Company

HIP Company is a collective of young professional musicians from Perth, Western Australia, who specialise in the performance of seventeenth and eighteenth century music on historical instruments. Directors, Bonnie de la Hunty (soprano), Sarah Papadopoulos (Baroque violin), and Krista Low (Baroque cello), are committed to engaging with the community through approachable and eclectic performances, combining tradition with innovation. The ensemble launched to critical acclaim in 2020 at Perth’s Government House Ballroom, and released their debut album Pastorales: Arias for the Open Air in 2021, which was toured throughout Western Australia in 2022. Recent concert programmes have included works by European Baroque masters alongside contemporary Australian works, Irish and Scottish folk music, and the occasional jazz offering, all on historical Baroque instruments. Their close friendship and sense of fun in making music together for the audience, is always at the forefront, coupled with careful thought and consideration of historical elements. “HIP” stands for “Historically Informed Performance”, a movement in Early Music that began in the 1970s and 1980s. Proponents seek to realise music of the past in a way that is as true as possible to the composer’s intentions, informed by the conventions and sociohistorical context of the time.