Updated: March 12, 2025
Born: January 21, 1964
Australian classically trained composer, pianist and singer inspired by her Celtic heritage. Her work crosses from Neoclassical to New Age, Celtic and Jazz.
"My wish is to open more hearts to the power of music and its ability to create change. Now more than ever we need the connection to our past to find the pathway to our future”.
Fiona's work often highlights the beauty of this planet and how we preserve this for future generations.
Living in rural Australia (Kendall NSW), Fiona has played NY Carnegie Hall, New Orleans Jazz Museum, Sydney Opera House, Echoes/PR Radio, Grammy Museum and over 30 concert halls in China.
Inspired by Mendelssohn and Chopin, her song 'Grace' was on a GRAMMY ® winning album in 2014. In 2016, she won two categories of the Independent Music Awards. In Australia, she was an ARIA finalist (2009) & multi MusicOZ Winner.
Fiona works with Australian piano maker Stuart and Sons & records for Blue Coast Records, (partner Sony Music for hi-res releases)
Having Tourette Syndrome (neurological disorder) from 7 years, Fiona understands being different and uses the wisdom and emotion that comes with her experience to create music that touches hearts and tells the stories that reflect our lives.
*Band member of FLOW (Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster & Lawrence Blatt). Duo member with violinist Rebecca Daniel (ACO, SSO)
'For me she is a modern female Beethoven.' Dave Wilson AudioAficionado.org
About/Listen/BUY/Socials: https://linktr.ee/fionajoymusic
Awards
In 2010 Fiona received won prestigious awards in an unprecedented three categories in the Zone Music Reporters Awards, Album Of The Year, Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, and Best Instrumental Album - Piano (twice), and the CD Baby Top World albums, landing 15th over 10,233 other World albums. Worth noting Fiona's "Blue Dream" remains in the top 10 selling New Age Albums on CDbaby. Fiona has been an ARIA Finalist, Best Dance/Dub/Club Album as well as winning the MusicOZ Award for Best Classical/Jazz Artist in 2008 and had her song 'Grace' on a Grammy winning album (Winds of Samsara) in 2014. She has had over 38 nominations in Indie Artist Awards across 9 countries.
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This is a great time for something brighter and lighter, something that brings some ease to the weary listener, who is seeking feelings of harmony and simple respite from a troubled world. The gifted composer, singer, and pianist Fiona Joy Hawkins has just the thing, an album titled Moving Through Worlds, an enchanting exploration of themes such as land, water, fire, climate change and the vanishing of souls into the wind. The 14 tracks feature mostly solo piano. Some are ...
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Meet Fiona Joy Hawkins: Fiona Joy Hawkins is an Australian composer and pianist who crosses genres from contemporary classical, to worldj Jazz and new age. Fiona has four award winning albums Portrait of a Waterfall, Angel Above My Piano, ICE--Piano Slightly Chilled and Blue Dream. She has charted at #1 on the New Age Reporter International Radio Charts achieving the highest ranking in the history of the charts. Fiona performs with a ...
Continue Reading"Blue Dream is a must-have album for fans of Hawkins and of Ackerman’s other recent productions, as well as devotees of contemporary piano and ensemble recordings, for which it sets a new standard of emotional depth, production quality, and musical variety. An exemplary release, one of the best of 2008."
Bill Binkelman - New Age Reporter
"Fiona Joy Hawkins’ BLUE DREAM began as the most ambitious project of my entire career and resulted in one of the most remarkable collaborations this genre has ever known. Blue Dream is unique and I’m as proud of it (and Fiona) as anything I’ve ever worked on in my 35 year career of Grammy Awards and gold and platinum records."
Will Ackerman Windham County, Vermont 2008
"The mood on BLUE DREAM ranges from vibrant to sensual to haunting… Hawkins’ stellar musical vision on this project is worthy of great praise
