Anita Hustas is an Australian double bassist, composer, visual and sound artist. Originally trained in Perth and Paris as an orchestral and solo double bassist, she has, since settling in Melbourne in 1996, become an important part of the Melbourne creative music scene.
Anita Hustas created the installation 'WaterRat Tea Ceremony' as part of constellation in Melbourne.
Her diverse experience includes touring Europe as principal bassist with Australian Youth Orchestra, recording in New York City with jazz/experimental trumpet Nate Wooley, performing on ABCTV's Spicks and Specks with Adam Simmons Toy Band, touring China with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and curating the La Mama Musica concert series from 2007 to 2009.
Hustas has been the recipient of Arts Victoria and Australia Council funding for recording, touring and concert presentation. She has performed and recorded with an array of Australia's finest musicians including the Black Arm Band, Melbourne, Adelaide and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, David Tolley, Duré Dara, Ren Walters, Greg Arnold, Sandy Evans, Michael Keiran Harvey, Joe Talia, Nick Tsiavos, Adrain Sherriff, Peter Knight, Zulya, Jex Saarelaht, Andrea Keller, Bob Sedergreen, Paul Grabowsky, Tony Gould, as well as international touring artists including Sheila Jordan (USA), Barrie Webb (UK), Kenny Drew Jr (USA) Ursel Schlicht (USA) The Won family (Korea). She has toured throughout Australia, the South Pacific, Asia and Europe, performed on Mikrokosmos an ARIA award winning album and recorded on innumerable film and television soundtracks.
Anita's ensemble 'Anemone' were awarded the inaugural Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival Atlantis Recording Prize in 2007, and while studying for a Masters in Music degree at the Victorian College of the Arts she was awarded the Marion Isabel Thomas prize. In 2009 her acclaimed duo project with dancer Alice Cummins was awarded the Dancehouse 'Earobics' residency fellowship.
She has been a member of staff at the Victorian College of the Arts since 2005.
