Heathcliffe Auchinachie is an Australian guitarist currently based in north Germany, who has developed a reputation as a bold interpreter of contemporary and canonical repertoire, both as a soloist and chamber musician. He performs regularly on the classical, electric, bass and 10-string guitars, and has collaborated with leading European and Australian ensembles. He is also regularly performs in duo with soprano Chloe Lankshear.

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Recent highlights include a tour of Fausto Romitelli's work Index of Metals in South-East Asia (including the Singaporean premiere) and Germany with Studio Musikfabrik, as well as the German premiere of Pierre Alexandre Tremblay's 'Portrait d’un ami singulier et pluriel' for electric guitar and live electronics.  

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Contemporary music forms a significant part of his artistic practice, leading to collaborations with composers such as Rebecca Saudners, Kelley Sheehan, Pierre Alexander-Tremblay, Dylan Lardelli, Brad Gill, and Bernd Redmann. He has featured at festivals such as Avantgarde Festival Schiphorst, next_generation festival at ZKM in Karlsruhe, and the PGVIM International Symposium.

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Further engagements in 2026 include performances of Liza Lim's opera Oresteia with ELISION Ensemble and Sydney Chamber Opera, and a duo recital with Chloe Lankshear, featuring premieres of works by Enno Poppe, Lisa Illean and Arturo Corrales. 

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In 2026 he completed a Masters of Music degree with Prof. Otto Tolonen at the Musikhochschule Lübeck in Germany, and studied a Bachelor of Music with Vladimir Gorbach at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In 2025 he was a participant at the Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music in the class of Yaron Deutsch.

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​He has also been a participant in the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Foundation program and a recipient of the Deutschland Stipendium.

Heathcliffe has also worked in print and broadcast media. He hosted both the Friday Night Jazz Show and Classical Guitar program on the 2MBS Fine Music Sydney radio station. He has also contributed reviews and articles to publications such as Cut Common, Limelight, and classikON.

He plays a 2025 Dietmar Heubner classical guitar.