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Clifford Hocking
Born
Clifford Henry Hocking

9 February 1932
Melbourne, Australia
Died12 June 2006 (aged 74)
Occupation(s)Impresario, festival director
Years active1949-
AwardsHelpmann Award, Ken Myer Medallion for the Performing Arts

Clifford Henry Hocking AM (9 February 1932 – 12 June 2006) was an Australian impresario and festival director.

Biography

He was born in Melbourne on 9 February 1932, the fifth brother in his family and the youngest.[citation needed]

His first entrée into the arts world was as a messenger boy for ABC Radio in 1949. After travelling overseas he returned to Melbourne where he and a business partner opened Thomas' Records, which he managed until 1965.[citation needed]

After meeting a then-unknown Barry Humphries in 1962, he became Humphries' manager for three Australian tours between 1962 and 1969 ("A Nice Night's Entertainment", "Excuse I" and "Just a Show").[citation needed]

He also began to contract overseas artists to perform in Australia, such as Max Adrian, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan and others.[citation needed]

In 1965 David Vigo (1943-2016)[1] joined his company, and the list of artists then extended to such names as American stars The Pointer Sisters, Blossom Dearie and Alvin Ailey; British performers Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, Donovan, Elvis Costello, Derek Jacobi, Pam Ayres, Lenny Henry and Rowan Atkinson; and European performers such as Victor Borge, Stephane Grapelli, Paco Pena and Alirio Diaz.[citation needed]

Local artists included Don Burrows, Slim Dusty, Slava Grigoryan, and Kate Ceberano.[2][3][4]

He co-directed the 1988 Melbourne Summer Music Festival.[2] He was artistic director for the 1990 Adelaide Festival and the 1997 Melbourne International Arts Festival.[citation needed]

Clifford Hocking died on 12 June 2006, aged 74, survived by his two elder brothers. On 15 June, Senator Rod Kemp, the Minister for the Arts and Sport, paid tribute to Hocking in a speech to Parliament.[4] A celebration of his life was held in Hamer Hall, Melbourne on 29 August.[citation needed]

Honours and awards

Hocking was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1990, for service to the arts and entertainment.[5]

In 1991 he was awarded the inaugural Ken Myer Medallion for the Performing Arts.[2]

The Helpmann Awards is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001.[6] In 2001, Hocking received the JC Williamson Award, the LPA's highest honour, for their life's work in live performance.[7]

References

  1. ^ Performing Arts Collection. Retrieved 7 January 2019
  2. ^ a b c Live Performance Australia Archived 2019-03-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 January 2019
  3. ^ Michael Shmith, "Farewell to an artistic explorer", The Age, 14 June 2006, p. 12 and Obituary, p. 20. Retrieved 6 January 2019
  4. ^ a b Rod Kemp, Speech. Retrieved 6 January 2019
  5. ^ It's an Honour: AM. Retrieved 6 January 2019
  6. ^ "Events & Programs". Live Performance Australia. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  7. ^ "JC Williamson Award recipients". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia. Retrieved 17 August 2022.