Robert Burke

Robert Burke (Professor - Monash University) is an Australian improvising musician and composer. Rob has performed and composed on over 300 CDs. Books (co-written) include: Trust in the Art of Free Improvisation (2026) New Creativities in Improvisation (2025),  Experimentation in Jazz: Idea Chasing (2019) and Perspectives on Artistic Research in Music (2017). Rob is currently president of AJIRN (Australasian Jazz and Improvisation Research Network). His research focuses on jazz and improvisational processes, investigating 'what happens when we improvise?', including studies into the phenomenology of musical interaction, experimentation, identity, agency and gender studies.