Possessing an interest in music of all genres and origins, Australian percussionist and composer Steve Falk embraces the process of creating new work with artists of varied disciplines and traditions. 

Steve has appeared with the Melbourne Guitar Quartet, Speak Percussion, Chamber Made Opera, Bolt Ensemble and with numerous leading improvisers both in Australia and Japan, where he lived between 2005 and 2011. His piece Welcome commissioned by Museums Victoria for the Federation Handbells was performed at Melbourne’s Federation Square as part of the Light in Winter Festival and for the arrival of the Inflatable Refugee - an enormous travelling artwork highlighting the global refugee crisis. At the Dance Triennale Tokyo 2009, he performed Drumming by Steve Reich in the production La Vie Qui Bat by Canadian dance company, O Vertigo.  Along with fellow Australian Andy Bevan, Steve formed the world music duo ‘Duality’ and performed at world heritage listed Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto in 2010. They subsequently collaborated with Shonosuke Okura (master Otsuzumi player of the Noh Theatre tradition) and Slava Grigoryan (guitar) to create Four Winds for the OZAsia Festival at the Adelaide Festival Centre.

Steve has played percussion with the Melbourne, Queensland and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, Orchestra Victoria and Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa (Japan) and has worked for many musical theatre productions, including Mamma Mia! and We Will Rock You. As musical director of the Australian dance show Tap Dogs, he travelled to New Zealand, Japan, China, Korea and India.

He attended the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, Victorian College of The Arts, Queensland Conservatorium of Music and Toho Gakuen College of Music (Tokyo) where he studied with Keiko Abe. Steve currently teaches percussion at The University of Melbourne and chooses to play Yamaha percussion instruments with Encore mallets.