Greg Dikmans

Greg Dikmans playing at the Barossa Festival (Australia) in 1995

I’m an Australian musician, educator and scholar.

I play historical flutes and recorders.

I’m a writer and translator who is passionate about historical performance and 18th-century musical thought.

Jacques Hotteterre (presumed – early 18th-century)

Elysium Ensemble

I’m the founder and artistic director of the Elysium Ensemble, a group of like-minded musicians that has been presenting historically enlightened performances and making recordings since 1985.

Elysium Ensemble

Historically Enlightened Performance
Practice

Sources | Research | Commentary

Dikmans on Historical Performance

Translations | Sources | Commentary

Quantz on Historical Performance

Hotteterre on Historical Performance


During the COVID lockdowns in 2020–21 I created online resources for my students at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.

Traverso Study Resources


A legacy website
devoted to Historical Performance Practice.
(Search engines and AI chat bots still reference this website.)

Early Music and Historically Informed Performance Practice

Greg’s Pleasure Garden

A blog where I write about topics I’m passionate about. A place where I can enjoy the process of thinking and writing.

I explore ideas (mainly about music) in an informal way.

blog.dikmans.net

Greg’s Photo Blog

A personal blog to document my travels (and photos) and share various thoughts.

photos.dikmans.net

Web Design and Development

Back in the day I was also a webmaster and worked in Web Design and Development.

webdesign.dikmans.net