In Conversation
170 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -In Conversation is brought to you by 2MBS Fine Music Sydney.
In each episode, Simon Moore speaks to a figure in our artistic landscape, delving into all the detailed and interesting facets of their life, from the trivial to the profound. Our guest also introduces some musical extracts that are meaningful to them.
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Morgan Pearse: The power and magic of the human voice
July 26, 2023 03:00 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MBWidely regarded as one of the most exciting and talented baritones of his generation, Morgan Pearse made his professional debut with the English National Opera and has gone from strength to strength ever since, performing from the Concertgebouw to the Sydney Opera House, from New Zealand to Germany. Currently based in London, this interview was recorded on one of Morgan's visits home to Australia, when he performed with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. In this gentle and wide ranging convers...
Belinda Giblin: Keeping a sense of humour
July 19, 2023 03:00 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MBAn actress who has been a core part of the Australian Theatre, Film and Television industries for nearly 50 years, Belinda Giblin's credits are so numerous that it takes a while just to scroll through them all. Her stage work covers seminal pieces of theatre, from Blithe Spirit to The Removalists, and on television she’s appeared in any show of the past 50 years worth mentioning, whether it was The Sullivans, A Country Practice, Home and Away, not to mention that famous stint as the second c...
Ray Chen: A positive impact with a tonic for everyone
July 12, 2023 03:00 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBA world renowned Australian violinist, Aria-nominated Ray Chen has redefined what it is to be a classical musician in the 21st Century. He has broken boundaries not just in his playing but in his embrace of modern technology, reaching out to a global audience of millions thanks to a captivating online presence. He’s spread his wings into the world of computer games, is a fashion icon thanks to a multi-year partnership with Armani, and has collaborated with Sting. He also has a serious commit...
Tanya Bannister: Communicating through the piano
July 05, 2023 03:00 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBTanya Bannister is a pianist lauded by critics for playing with “intelligence, poetry and proportion”. The co-founder of both the AlpenKammerMusik in Austria and the Roadmaps Festival in New York, her career has taken her to many of the world’s great concert halls, from Carnegie Hall in New York to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. She’s also a past winner of two different prestigious international piano competitions, including the Concert Artists Guild competition in New York, an organisation...
A quick message for Apple Podcasts listeners
July 01, 2023 03:00 - 51 seconds - 1.18 MBThere’s about to be a small settings change to how In Conversation appears in Apple Podcasts. In theory, this shouldn’t affect new episodes appearing in your feed, however I’m always skeptical about these sorts of transitions running as smoothly as advertised. If you follow the show on Apple Podcasts, and you find that new episodes stop appearing every Wednesday around 1:30pm Eastern Australian Time, you just need to search for 2MBS In Conversation in Apple Podcasts, and you will find the f...
Jessica Pratt: Telling tales of mad scenes
June 28, 2023 03:00 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBSoprano Jessica Pratt has well and truly established herself as an international opera star. She's been hailed by The New York Times as a soprano of “gleaming sound, free and easy high notes, agile coloratura runs and lyrical grace”, and is considered one of today’s foremost interpreters of some of belcanto’s most challenging repertoire. She’s back in Australia to appear in two Opera Australia productions – in Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffman, as well as a one-night, one-woman concert of Mad...
Liisa Pallandi: Living the ACO life
June 21, 2023 03:00 - 47 minutes - 65.9 MBIt’s often said that the Australian Chamber Orchestra is best described as an orchestra of soloists, and violinist Liisa Pallandi is one such soloist. She is ACO through and through, having been part of their emerging artists program back in 2012, and she’s been playing with the orchestra ever since, becoming a permanent member in 2015. She’s also performed with the Sydney, Melbourne, and Tasmanian Symphony orchestras, as guest principal violin with the Auckland Symphony Orchestra, and has p...
Thomas Gould: Hearing is believing in a new golden age of the violin
June 14, 2023 03:04 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBBritish violinist Thomas Gould is no stranger to Australia. The leader of the Britten Sinfonia, he has been described by The Guardian as an artist who “refuses to be defined by a single genre”. His repertoire certainly backs that up, having performed and recorded extensively with classical and jazz ensembles. He’s back now in Australia to perform Philip Glass’s 2nd Violin Concerto, The American Four Seasons, with the Omega Ensemble, commencing on Tuesday 20 June at the City Recital Hall, Ang...
Masaaki Suzuki: A foundation of Bach
June 07, 2023 03:00 - 50 minutes - 70 MBMasaaki Suzuki is internationally renowned as an expert in choral music and an accomplished organist, harpsichordist and conductor. The founder and artistic director of Bach Collegium Japan, he has recorded the entirety of Bach’s choral works, plus his concertos, orchestral suites, and solo works for harpsichord. His expertise extends well beyond Bach, having conducted repertoire as diverse as Britten, Beethoven, Mahler and Mendelssohn, but it’s Mozart that brings him to Australia as he cond...
David Greco: The art of listening on a silent night
May 31, 2023 03:00 - 55 minutes - 63 MBDavid Greco has sung on some of the finest stages across Europe and makes regular appearances with Australia’s most renowned orchestras, including the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra as well as the Sydney Symphony. Internationally regarded for his interpretations of Schubert lieder and the solo works of JS Bach, this ARIA award-nominated artist is also the first Australian ever to have been appointed to a position with the Sistine Chapel Choir in the Vatica...
Ross Edwards AM: Composing slowly in an Australian voice
May 24, 2023 03:00 - 58 minutes - 66.9 MBOne of Australia’s best known and most performed composers, Ross Edwards has a career spanning more than 60 years, and counting. He has written for all genres, be it orchestral, chamber, choral, opera as well as for the screen. Now in his 80th year, Ross is still composing, and is helping to celebrate his 80th birthday by composing a clarinet concerto for David Rowden and the Omega Ensemble, to be premiered at the City Recital Hall on June 20. In this wide ranging conversation, Ross shares...
Nico Fleury: A passion for the beauty of music
May 17, 2023 03:00 - 58 minutes - 66.6 MBNicolas Fleury has been playing the French horn since he was 8. He’s been principle horn of the Aurora Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and made guest appearances with a slew of orchestras around the world including the Sydney Symphony and London Symphony Orchestras. He’s performed live on the BBC, appeared alongside conductors like Charles Dutoit, Neville Marriner and John Gardiner, and he’s now settled in Australia as principal horn with th...
Kara Lane: A girl from Oz
May 10, 2023 03:00 - 59 minutes - 68.5 MBAn Australian UK-based musical theatre performer with a wide and diverse range of credits to her name, Kara Lane made her West End debut back in 2011 with Lend me a Tenor, and has appeared in The Rocky Horror Show, The Addams Family, Oliver! and most notably as Mrs Banks in the international touring production of Mary Poppins. She doesn’t just hang around between roles, either, founding a vintage singing trio The Girls from Oz with some fellow expats in the UK. Recorded during one of her trip...
Umberto Clerici: Layers of an individualistic maestro
May 03, 2023 03:00 - 59 minutes - 68.3 MBUmberto Clerici has gained quite the reputation as an artist of diverse and multifaceted talents. He made his solo debut as a cellist at the age of 17, and his career took him to roles as principal cello of several orchestras, including the Sydney Symphony where he made his conducting debut in 2018. He’s now Chief Conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, but he still finds time to play his cello, and will be performing with SSO Concertmaster Andrew Haveron and ACO Principal Violist St...
Timothy Ridout: An exquisite violist living for today
April 26, 2023 03:00 - 46 minutes - 53.8 MBOne of the most sought-after violists of his generation, Timothy Ridout is appearing this season as soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, amongst many others. He’s worked with conductors like Andras Schiff and Christoph Eschenbach, and collaborated with Stephen Isserlis and Joshua Bell. At 27 years of age he’s already recorded five albums and featured on countless others. This interview was recorded while Timothy was at...
Tom Donald: Scottish monks and the art of improvisation
April 19, 2023 03:00 - 58 minutes - 67.1 MBAustralian born composer and pianist Tom Donald is known worldwide for his mesmerizing piano improvisations and award-winning compositions for the stage and screen. The founder of the London Contemporary School of Piano, he’s presented and performed with the BBC, recorded at Abbey Road, and written for the media. He’s not afraid to bend and merge genres, with his latest album, Pax Aeterna, a musical collaboration with the Benedictine monks of Pluscarden Abbey in Scotland, which is available ...
Alexander Gavrylyuk: Pictures of positivity and inner freedom
April 12, 2023 03:03 - 51 minutes - 58.4 MBA much loved pianist who Australia has adopted as one of our own, Ukrainian-born Alexander Gavrylyuk began as a teenage prodigy and has been dazzling audiences around the world ever since. He’s performed at the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, the Lincoln Centre, and played with the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, and closer to his adopted home he’s recorded all the Prokofiev piano concertos with the Sydney Symphony under Vladimir Ashkenazy. In this conversation, Alexander shares ...
Sian Sharp: Flowers and butterflies on Sydney Harbour
April 05, 2023 03:00 - 46 minutes - 53 MBMezzo-soprano Sian Sharp has been singing with Opera Australia for nearly 20 years. Her significant repertoire includes key roles in seminal operas including Il Trovatore, Otello, The Marriage of Figaro, Rigoletto, and Carmen – most recently late last year performing the title role in the much admired production on Cockatoo Island. And she’s back singing in the open air once again, as the loyal servant and maid Suzuki for the current production of Madama Butterfly on Sydney Harbour. A revi...
Roland Peelman AM: A festive dose of Belgian spice
March 29, 2023 02:00 - 57 minutes - 66.1 MBAn acclaimed musician of great versatility, Roland Peelman has established a reputation as one of Australia’s most innovative musical directors. Originally from Belgium, he’s been active in Australia for over 30 years as a conductor, pianist, artistic director and mentor to composers, singers and musicians alike. He’s worked with Opera Australia, been artistic director of The Song Company, and is now artistic director of the Canberra International Music Festival, which is on from the 28th of...
David Williamson AO: The years of writing dangerously
March 22, 2023 02:00 - 53 minutes - 61.5 MBA man whose name is now synonymous with Australian theatre, David Williamson shot to prominence in the early 70s with Don’s Party and The Removalists and never looked back. He is so prolific that it’s hard to imagine anyone in this country who hasn’t seen one of his works, whether it’s plays like The Club, Emerald City, or Soulmates or his screenplays which include Gallipoli and The Year of Living Dangerously. His 2010 play Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica is playing now at the Ensemble Theat...
Philip Quast AM: Finishing the hat on the road he took
March 16, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBAn actor who has graced the stage both here and internationally, Philip Quast is the winner of three Olivier Awards for Best Actor in a Musical, unsurprising when you consider he is widely regarded as the definitive Javert from Les Miserables. He’s also well known for his roles in Sunday in the Park with George, South Pacific and Mary Poppins, and he’s performed innumerable Shakespeare plays plus seminal works such as Death of a Salesman. He is bringing his one-man show, Philip Quast: The R...
Jay James-Moody: On a clear day you can see Squabbalogic
March 15, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBAn award winning actor, director, writer and producer, Jay James-Moody has collaborated with an impressive range of Australia’s arts organisations, from Opera Australia to the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, and the Sydney Theatre Company to the Darlinghurst Theatre Company, plus New Mardi Gras, to name only a few. He is the founder and artistic director of Squabbalogic, an independent theatre company presenting an eclectic range of new musicals and reinterpretations of established favourites. T...
Alexandre Da Costa: Rocking with Stradivari
March 08, 2023 02:00 - 58 minutes - 67.5 MBAs chief conductor and artistic director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Longueuil in Montreal, violinist Alexandre Da Costa’s multi-dimensional artistic vision has brought him increasing renown. He’s made 25 albums across a number of recording labels, and he’s performed as a soloist with the world’s leading orchestras, such as London’s Royal Philharmonic which included performing as part of Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations last year, as well as playing with the Berlin, Montreal ...
EXTRA: Carmel Rodrigues: Nicest kid in town
March 02, 2023 02:00 - 22 minutes - 25.8 MBCarmel Rodrigues has always loved performing and has been singing, acting and generally dancing up a storm since a very young age. She’s making her professional musical theatre debut as everyone’s favourite nicest kid in town, Tracy Turnblad, in Hairspray, currently playing at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre. In this bonus edition of In Conversation, Tracy talks with excitement about landing her first professional musical roll, working with the star studded cast of this great feel-good musical, plus...
Marie-Ange Nguci: Cloudless skies of a rising star
March 01, 2023 02:00 - 58 minutes - 67.1 MBNot yet 25 years old, Marie-Ange Nguci has exploded onto the international scene in just the last few years, having performed with Orchestre de Paris, Konzerthausorcheter Berlin, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra to name just a few. She certainly fit the model of a child prodigy, being accepted into the Paris Conservatoire at 13, completing her Master of the Piano at 16, and releasing her first album at 20. She’s coming to Sydney to join the Sydney Symphony Orchestra to perform Saint-Saëns Seco...
Elinor Frey: Boccherini, Dall'Abaco and a menagerie of cellos
February 22, 2023 02:05 - 52 minutes - 60.3 MBA leading Canadian-American cellist, gambist and researcher, Elinor Frey has made numerous recordings, many of which are world premieres and the result of long collaborations with other artists. The artistic director of Accademia de Dissonanti, an organisation for performance and research, she’s performed throughout the world, and is now in Sydney making her Australian debut with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra for a series of concerts entitled Spanish Steps. Elinor brings a wealth of ...
Slava Grigoryan: Brotherly love of the guitar
February 15, 2023 02:00 - 58 minutes - 66.8 MBOne of Australia’s foremost guitarists, Slava Grigoryan is counted as among the finest musicians of his generation. He appears on a whopping 29 albums and, along with his brother and fellow guitarist Leonard, has won 4 ARIA awards and been nominated for countless more. He’s performed in venues around the world, from London’s Royal Albert Hall to Vienna’s Konzerthaus, and is not afraid to perform all genres. He and Leonard, along with fellow guitarists Andrew Blanch and Vlad Gorbarch, are la...
Ilya Gringolts: Electrifying virtuoso violinist
February 08, 2023 02:00 - 50 minutes - 58 MBOne of the most thrilling violinists on the planet, Ilya Gringolts is renowned for his extraordinary technical command and musical sensitivity. He’s equally at home with contemporary and rare works, as much as with the great orchestral masterpieces. Rising to fame as the youngest ever winner of the Paganini International Violin Competition, he's since appeared with the world’s top orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmon...
Rami Khalifé: Improvising a new musical legacy
February 01, 2023 02:00 - 59 minutes - 67.8 MBLebanese-French pianist/composer Rami Khalifé has been hailed as one of the most exciting young composers of the 21st century. His work is as eclectic as it is bold, whether it’s improvised concerts, recording a Prokofiev concerto, or performing with his father, Marcel. His compositions include two piano concertos, a cello concerto, and a requiem, as well as writing for the screen, plus writing and performing with his classic electro group, AUFGANG. On Monday 6 February he will be performin...
Shaun Rennie: Lighting the night with la vie Bohème
January 25, 2023 02:00 - 51 minutes - 58.6 MBAn award-winning director who is taking the Sydney arts scene by storm, Shaun Rennie has received three Sydney Theatre Award nominations for Best Director, and won the Broadway World Award for Best Direction for both his productions of Rent at the Hayes, and Baby Doll at the Ensemble. Most recently, he directed the highly acclaimed The Lovers, a musical version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, produced by Bell Shakespeare, which played to sold-out houses at the Sydney Opera House’s Playhouse l...
Roger Woodward AC OBE: A national treasure flying off the keyboard
December 07, 2022 03:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBIn the final episode for 2022, Simon Moore speaks with a man who has been declared by the National Trust to be a National Living Treasure. Roger Woodward has dazzled audiences for over 60 years here and overseas. A champion of Australian composers, he has performed at the invitation of Sviatoslav Richter, Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, Charles Dutoit… the list goes on. Performing from New York to LA, from Beijing to Warsaw, he’s also recorded with all the major labels. Based in San Francisco, ...
Chad Kelly: Licenced to play
November 30, 2022 03:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBBritish keyboardist and director Chad Kelly has a very long list of credits to his name. He has been living in Australia less than two years, but has already performed with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Victorian Opera, and with the Sydney and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras. Earlier this year, he joined Opera Australia. His commitment to historically informed performance practice has led him to perform with Sir John Elliot Gardiner and Trevor Pinnock, and his enduring collaboration wi...
Nicholas Hammond: Glass slippers and a few of his favourite things
November 23, 2022 03:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBNicholas Hammond first appeared on Broadway at the age of just 11, and his career only opened up further from there, and never stopped. He’s worked all over the world on stage, film and television. He’s been in over 40 films, from Lord of the Flies to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, more than 250 TV shows, most notably the Amazing Spiderman, and he’s made an award winning documentary of the true story behind what is undoubtedly his most celebrated role, one which has given pleasure to million...
Jonathan Biggins OAM: Looking for Albanese and debating with dingoes
November 16, 2022 03:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBAn acclaimed actor, director and writer, Jonathan Biggins has entertained audiences for decades with his wit, cheekiness, and a very healthy dose of irreverence. He’s played Peter Sellers, appeared in The Mikado, and directed Australian productions of Avenue Q and Noises Off. But his most well-known work is in political satire, as one of the brains behind, and a performer in, The Wharf Revue, which has been going strong since 2000. The Wharf Review is back, playing at the Seymour Centre unt...
Liesel Badorrek: Toreadors and motorbikes on Cockatoo Island
November 09, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBLiesel Badorrek is a Sydney based writer, director and performer with a diverse and wide ranging repertoire. She’s a founder of Loose Canon Arts, which has created new work for young people throughout Asia and the Middle East, has directed with the Darlinghurst Theatre and CDP Productions, and keeps thing real as a member of the all-woman comedy cabaret collective Six Quick Chicks. Somehow, she also finds time to work with Opera Australia, and with OA is now directing Carmen on Cockatoo Isla...
Jonas Zschenderlein: Baroque violinist exploring Bach's universe
November 02, 2022 03:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBGerman baroque violinist Jonas Zschenderlein certainly got off to an early start. He’s been performing with professional ensembles since he was a teenager, around the same time as he began his own ensemble, 4 Times Barque. He’s played all over Europe, Asia and the Americas, from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam to Carnegie Hall in New York, and he’s now performing at the City Recital Hall Angel Place, guest directing the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra for Bach’s Universe, until the 11th of N...
David Malouf AO: Literary titan, poetry & libretto, and imaginary lives
October 26, 2022 03:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBOne of Australia’s greatest writers, David Malouf has been publishing acclaimed novels, short stories, poetry, plays and opera librettos for over 50 years. He’s the recipient of countless awards – most notably the International Dublin Literary Award for Remembering Babylon in 1996, the Australian Prime Minister’s literary award in 2008, and in 2016 the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. In the Australia Day 1997 honours he was made an Officer of the Order of Aust...
Alexander Gadjiev: Pianist, cultural ambassador, and the beauty of older recordings
October 19, 2022 03:00 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBAlexander Gadjiev is an exciting young pianist who is making waves across the world. He was the winner of the 2021 Sydney International Piano Competition, second place getter in the International Chopin Competition of the same year, including being awarded the side prize for best performance of a Chopin Sonata, and was the BBC New Generation Artist since 2019. In this conversation, Alexander gives some amazing insights into the craft of the pianist, introducing historic performances from s...
Geraldine Turner OAM: Sondheim, The Mousetrap, and all that jazz
October 12, 2022 03:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBAnyone witness to the Australian theatre scene over the past five decades will know and love Geraldine Turner. Her long and distinguished career, most particularly in musical theatre, includes the original Australian productions of A Little Night Music and Chicago, and she’s also appeared in productions of Company, Oliver, Anything Goes, and The Mikado, to name just a few. She’s been in evergreen shows such as Don’s Party and Present Laughter, and is now appearing in the play which holds the...
Cheryl Barker AO: Glorious Puccini, Pacific Opera and the secrets of long lasting love
October 05, 2022 03:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBAn opera singer with an impressively long and distinguished career, Cheryl Barker has sung some of the key roles in the repertoire, perhaps most famously playing Mimi in Baz Luhrmann’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème, her incredible performances of Tosca, and creating the role of Sarah Miles in Jake Heggie’s The End of the Affair, in Houston. She and her husband, baritone Peter Coleman-Wright will be joining the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs under artistic director Brett Weymark for Glorious ...
Cheryl Barker AO
October 05, 2022 03:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBAn opera singer with an impressively long and distinguished career, Cheryl Barker has sung some of the key roles in the repertoire, perhaps most famously playing Mimi in Baz Luhrmann’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème, her incredible performances of Tosca, and creating the role of Sarah Miles in Jake Heggie’s The End of the Affair, in Houston. She and her husband, baritone Peter Coleman-Wright will be joining the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs under artistic director Brett Weymark for Glorious ...
In Conversation: Avi Avital
September 28, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBTo paraphrase The New York Times – the words “superstar” and “mandolinist” have not traditionally been seen together in the same sentence. However that has changed thanks to Avi Avital. He’s the first mandolin soloist to be nominated for a classical Grammy Award and is a driving force behind the reinvigoration of the mandolin repertoire. Over 100 compositions have been written especially for him, including 15 concertos. He’s played in all corners of the world, and has released 5 albums plus ...
Avi Avital
September 28, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBTo paraphrase The New York Times – the words “superstar” and “mandolinist” have not traditionally been seen together in the same sentence. However that has changed thanks to Avi Avital. He’s the first mandolin soloist to be nominated for a classical Grammy Award and is a driving force behind the reinvigoration of the mandolin repertoire. Over 100 compositions have been written especially for him, including 15 concertos. He’s played in all corners of the world, and has released 5 albums plus ...
Avi Avital: Mandolin superstar and the art of chutzpah
September 28, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBTo paraphrase The New York Times – the words “superstar” and “mandolinist” have not traditionally been seen together in the same sentence. However that has changed thanks to Avi Avital. He’s the first mandolin soloist to be nominated for a classical Grammy Award and is a driving force behind the reinvigoration of the mandolin repertoire. Over 100 compositions have been written especially for him, including 15 concertos. He’s played in all corners of the world, and has released 5 albums plus ...
In Conversation: Charmian Gadd OAM
September 21, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBA remarkable violinist who has had an extraordinary career across three continents, Charmian Gadd started in humble beginnings on a farm on the Central Coast in the 1940s. She exploded onto the music scene as a teenager, and went on to play with such luminaries as Yehudi Menuhin and Neville Marriner, living in the UK and the USA before coming back to Australia in the late 80s. Her contribution to music has not just been as a performer, having also held positions at the Canberra School of Mus...
Charmian Gadd OAM
September 21, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBA remarkable violinist who has had an extraordinary career across three continents, Charmian Gadd started in humble beginnings on a farm on the Central Coast in the 1940s. She exploded onto the music scene as a teenager, and went on to play with such luminaries as Yehudi Menuhin and Neville Marriner, living in the UK and the USA before coming back to Australia in the late 80s. Her contribution to music has not just been as a performer, having also held positions at the Canberra School of Mus...
Charmian Gadd OAM: Playing Mozart like Tchaikovsky
September 21, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBA remarkable violinist who has had an extraordinary career across three continents, Charmian Gadd started in humble beginnings on a farm on the Central Coast in the 1940s. She exploded onto the music scene as a teenager, and went on to play with such luminaries as Yehudi Menuhin and Neville Marriner, living in the UK and the USA before coming back to Australia in the late 80s. Her contribution to music has not just been as a performer, having also held positions at the Canberra School of Mus...
Naseema Sparks AM
September 14, 2022 04:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBNaseema Sparks is an experienced company director whose passion for the arts led her to take on key leadership roles at board level in organisations such as the Sydney Biennale and the Sydney Dance Company. Now chair of Sydney Living Museums and Music in the Regions, one of our newest arts organisations, she has said “the arts is my balance, it’s good for the soul”, which is a sentiment we can all agree with! In this conversation, Naseema speaks about the works of Sydney Living Museums and M...
Naseema Sparks AM: Regional music, living museums, and why art is good for the soul
September 14, 2022 04:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBNaseema Sparks is an experienced company director whose passion for the arts led her to take on key leadership roles at board level in organisations such as the Sydney Biennale and the Sydney Dance Company. Now chair of Sydney Living Museums and Music in the Regions, one of our newest arts organisations, she has said “the arts is my balance, it’s good for the soul”, which is a sentiment we can all agree with! In this conversation, Naseema speaks about the works of Sydney Living Museums and M...
In Conversation: Naseema Sparks AM
September 14, 2022 04:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBNaseema Sparks is an experienced company director whose passion for the arts led her to take on key leadership roles at board level in organisations such as the Sydney Biennale and the Sydney Dance Company. Now chair of Sydney Living Museums and Music in the Regions, one of our newest arts organisations, she has said “the arts is my balance, it’s good for the soul”, which is a sentiment we can all agree with! In this conversation, Naseema speaks about the works of Sydney Living Museums and M...