Woodwind Quintet was commissioned and premiered by Omega Ensemble at Sydney Opera House, on 7th December 2019, in Sydney, Australia.

Fujin is the Japanese god of wind, he has been known to bring devastating typhoons to Japan over the centuries. Typhoons that cause damages as well as the loss of life. However, on some days, Fujin decides to be a nice god.  Fujin is depicted with his “windbag” most of the time. This bag contains the winds and according to Japanese mythology, Fujin opened the bag at the world’s creation and blew away all the clouds so that brightness was shown down on the world.