SIMA × The Vanguard presents: In Residence with Lauren Tsamouras

A collaboration between SIMA and The Vanguard, ‘In Residence’ highlights the sound of Sydney music by presenting some of the city’s most distinctive creative voices in performance over the course of a month. Across weekly shows audiences are allowed to witness the construction, development and refinement of a musical conversation between some of the Sydney’s most iconoclastic artists.  

Lauren Tsamouras is a pianist, composer, and improviser based in Warrang/Sydney. She leads and composes for her contemporary jazz and improvised music duo Another Green World, whose debut album Mytera was released in March 2023. In addition to her own project, Lauren performs regularly with a range of ensembles around Sydney including Pharos (led by Hannah James), Volant (led by Matt Ottignon), and Home Is (led by Hinano Fujisaki). In 2021, she was nominated for the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award, and in 2025 she became its recipient, supporting the recording of Another Green World’s forthcoming second album. She was also featured as an ABC Jazz Artist in Residence in early 2025, presenting original solo piano works alongside a selection of jazz repertoire, broadcast on the radio and social media.

Lauren Tsamouras' Another Green World explores meditative and intimate spaces to unite musicians and audience. Originally written for piano and double bass duo, she will be joined by various incredible musicians in the Sydney jazz and improvised music scene throughout her residency. Each week will feature original compositions from her debut album "Μητέρα/Mytera" and new unreleased works which will be adapted for trio and quartet formats.