A song cycle composed by Yuin woman, Brenda Gifford. Originally commissioned for the 2020 Canberra International Music Festival, adapted with electronic soundscapes and the voice of the composer speaking in Language.
Read MoreSound artist Rebecca Bracewell explores her hearing aids creatively through her project Instruments that Listen, in dialogue with artists from Chamber Made and the Australian Art Orchestra.
Read MoreA series of new works curated by The SUBSTATION, Room40 and AAO artistic director Peter Knight with a spoken reflection by dance artist Jo Lloyd.
Read MoreA messed up karaoke performance of Australian and Canadian pop hits from the 80s and 90s. The karaoke machine begins to glitch, the singer holds on for dear life, and the Orchestra manages to hold it all together.
Read MoreMythical, innovative and deeply groovy, Umi No Uzu is the latest work by Tokyo-based composer/pianist/beatmaker, Aaron Choulai.
Read MoreAn opera for autonomous android by iconoclastic Japanese composer and pianist, Keiichiro Shibuya.
Read MoreComposed by Mindy Meng Wang, Cocoon traces her upbringing in Lanzhou, China (along the famous Silk Road) – beginning with the gentle traditions of the guzheng – to the avant-garde music scene in London, and her arrival in Australia in 2014.
Read MoreA work for pipe organ and ensemble by one of the towering figures of twentieth century music, Alvin Lucier.
Read MoreAn exploration of 90’s screen culture featuring celebrated Canadian composer and turntablist, Nicole Lizée.
Read MoreA post-minimal program composed for chamber jazz orchestra by Artistic Director Peter Knight and inspired by iconic authors Gerald Murnane and Italo Calvino.
Read MoreExit Ceremonies celebrates the darkness with a pair of lush, pulsating new works for pipe organ and mixed ensemble.
Read MoreA work that responds to Louis Armstrong’s incredible music and fascinating life story. A reimagining of some of his best-loved and most significant works, as well as new pieces that pay tribute to his bold, adventurous and pioneering spirit.
Read MoreA historic collaboration with Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani, one of the greatest exponents of South Indian Carnatic music, that explores new music built on the Carnatic tradition with Western interpretations.
Read MoreIn this powerful collaboration, Ruby and Archie join forces with members of the Australian Art Orchestra to perform songs they have written about their experiences as members of the Stolen Generation.
Read MoreAn stunning musical work paying homage to Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker by the eminent Australian composer and saxophonist Sandy Evans featuring Yusef Komunyakaa’s epic poem Testimony.
Read MoreA cornerstone program by the AAO featuring commissions that responses to movements from J.S. Bach’s masterpiece Passion According to St Matthew.
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