Daniel Wilfred is a Yolngu song man from Ngukurr, South East Arnhem Land (NT), and a ceremonial leader for the Wägilak people, singing manikay and playing bilma at ceremonies. His collaboration with the AAO goes back a decade, performing and touring internationally with the project Crossing Roper Bar, as a contributor to projects The Hearkening and Seoul Meets Arnhem Land, and as a faculty member of the AAO’s annual Creative Music Intensive. In 2019, Daniel was the recipient of the NT Arts Fellowship.