Tony Gould

Tony Gould AM is an Australian jazz musician, pianist, composer, and educator.

Gould's many recordings and performances reveal his harmonic view of music and his love of music from both African-American and European jazz traditions, as well as the classical works of Bach, Mahler, Stravinsky, and Messiaen.

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

The Don Banks Music Award was established in 1984 to publicly honour a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia.

[7] It was founded by the Australia Council in honour of Don Banks, Australian composer, performer and the first chair of its music board.