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How an ACO Musician practises an impossible piece
“Just looking at this gives me a migraine.”
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Nigel Westlake Interview: Nothing But the Song
Profound personal loss led composer Nigel Westlake to think of music as a vessel for love and human communication. Interview by Eileen Chong.
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Michael Caton reads Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Join film, television and theatre star, Michael Caton for a reading of this touching story about friendship and precious memories written by Mem Fox and Illustrated Julie Vivas.
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Redemption and Liberation
Béla Bartók has long been seen as a misfit, and his work as too difficult. But really listening to his music reveals it as intelligent, joyous and – rare for his era – deeply humane.
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Mem Fox on ACO's Wilfrid: 'I swallowed tears three times'
The Australian children's book author shares the real life story behind Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, and let's us in on why the Australian Chamber Orchestra adaptation of the popular book moved and surprised her unexpectedly.
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A portrait of ACO Violin Aiko Goto
When ACO Violin Aiko Goto arrived on a scholarship at the Juilliard School in New York, she could not speak English. Now she leads yearly workshops with groups ACO Academy students with boundless energy.
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ACO musicians on the uniquely visceral music of Bartók
“His music often takes on a highly intoxicating and enchanting dance-like character.”
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Watch the ACO Opening Festival at Pier 2/3 Online
Watch full concert live streams and other videos from the ACO Opening Festival at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct.
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'Playing the viola feels like home'
ACO Principal Viola Stefanie Farrands catches up with author Romy Ash.
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Vale Patricia (Patsy) Hollis
Patsy Hollis led a wonderful life and left the ACO an extraordinary gift.
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