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The season ahead
I’ve had ups and downs since moving to Berlin (which just goes with moving to another country, really), but reflecting on my life since arriving at the end of 2014, I am so happy that I have had so many positive experiences here of what being a musician can be. At the end of last…
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Musica da camera in Italia
I had always wanted to visit Italy since learning a bit of Italian in primary school, living next to an Italian Australian family, watching the film Much Ado About Nothing (the Kenneth Branagh version is set in Tuscany) tasting Italian food and feeling desperately Anglo. This summer I was invited to play chamber music in Tuscany by a violinist…
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Colourful June
I had 3 big projects in June. On the 7th, I helped launch Lione’s new single 1000 Windows, which includes some lush (!) multi-track viola. At the launch party we were joined by two of my favourite violists – Ooi and Esther Alba Lopèz. You can hear 1000 Windows here via Bandcamp. On the 18th with Deutsches Kammerorchester…
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Continuum continues…
Happy new year! 2016 has already been a buzz of activity, with joyous musical experiences in amongst somewhat scary life experiences such as finding a place to live in Berlin and applying for a visa. Thankfully I’m in the door for another year and have a lot to look forward to, including this concert, the first…
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continuum II – Αθήνα
I’m writing from Athens, Greece, the land of the Gods, where I am staying with a dear friend and fine composer, Nicoleta Chatzopoulou, who I met last year at Bang On A Can Summer Festival. Nicoleta wrote a solo piece, continuum II, for me, which I premiered in my final ANAM Fellowship concert in mid-September. I have been…
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Last lap!
After an epic weekend preparing for a quartet concert at the ever-astonishing Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music (BIFEM), I have one more ANAM Fellowship concert to present before I fly back to Berlin – this time with no certain idea of when I’ll be back. The concert is this Saturday night in St Kilda.…
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Testament
This Thursday, I’m presenting my second ANAM Fellowship concert, Testament. I’ve been working with a string quartet and just today had my first rehearsal with 11 other violists (!) led by a wonderful conductor, Dominic Harvey. Testament is a 12-viola piece by Australian composer Brett Dean. It’s named after the Heiligenstadt Testament, which Beethoven wrote (while in Heiligenstadt) to his…
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Out of the frying pan. . .
Transcend happened two nights ago and I’m happy to share this lovely review from Matthew Lorenzon at partialdurations. I’m back in Canberra to play in Canberra Symphony Orchestra in a concert of beautiful music by Kodály, Sibelius and Brahms, before returning to Melbourne for my second Fellowship concert – Testament. This features music by Brett Dean, Ludwig van…
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Interview
Just before I came back to Australia, I interviewed composer Paul Kerekes whose awesome new work four pieces (for viola and piano) will be premiered in my first ANAM Fellowship concert this Tuesday, 11 August. During our conversation, we spoke about his fascinating life as a pianist and composer working in New York City. You can listen here; it’s…
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IT’S COMING
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Alexina Hawkins 