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Tabula Rasa StudioCasts

Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa
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Music prevails with Arvo Pärt and Shostakovich

This program is part of the ACO's inaugural 2021 digital season, ACO StudioCasts.

Directed by Matisse Ruby and filmed at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, this spectacular concert film features Artistic Director Richard Tognetti leading the ACO through performances of Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa and Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony, integrated with imagery and video projections by renowned cinematographer Jon Frank and Beizj Studio.

Estonian Arvo Pärt is one of the most performed living composers, and his extraordinary music is revered by musicians and non-musicians alike around the world. Written while his Estonian homeland was under Soviet control, Tabula Rasa strives to break free and start afresh through spirituality and independence. Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony is a lament for victims of fascism and war, but also an act of self-reflection as it moves from elegy to brutal force into haunting acceptance.

“Tabula Rasa is such a beloved piece of music,” said Ruby, on making the film. “We wanted to create a multi-sensory film which encapsulated the piece’s meditative and trance-like moments – even in the turbulence, there is this notion of coming back to stillness and tranquillity – through integrating the music with otherworldly projections created by Beizj Studio and Jon Frank.”

ARTISTS
Richard Tognetti Director & Violin
Satu Vänskä Violin
Australian Chamber Orchestra

CREATIVES
Matisse Ruby Director
Drew English Director of Photography
Tyson Perkins Director of Photography
Phoenix Chisholm Editor
Beizj Studio, Matthew Adey, Andre Vanderwert with Sam Whiteside Visual Content and Creation
Jon Frank Additional Footage
Bernard Rofe Recording Producer and Editor

PROGRAM
ARVO PÄRT Tabula Rasa
SHOSTAKOVICH (arr. Barshai) Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op.110a

 

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program details

ARVO PÄRT – Tabula Rasa
26:00
SHOSTAKOVICH – (arr. Barshai) Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op.110a
23:00
CONCERT duration
50 minutes.
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ARTISTS

ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti

Richard Tognetti AO

Director & Violin

Richard Tognetti is Artistic Director and Lead Violin of the ACO. He has established an international reputation for his compelling performances and artistic individualism.

Richard has appeared as director or soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras. He was Artistic Director of Slovenia’s Festival Maribor from 2008 to 2015 and the first Artist-in-Residence at the Barbican Centre’s Milton Court in 2016. In addition, he has curated and co-composed film scores including the ACO’s Mountain.

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ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä

Satu Vänskä

Principal Violin

Satu Vänskä was appointed Principal Violin of the ACO in 2004. She regularly performs as lead violin and soloist with the ACO. Satu is also frontwoman, violinist and vocalist of ACO Underground, the ACO’s electro-infused, experimental spin-off band.
The Australian Chamber Orchestra on stage

Australian Chamber Orchestra

The Australian Chamber Orchestra travels a remarkable road. Making waves across Australia and around the world for their explosive performances and brave interpretations, the ACO embrace celebrated classics alongside new commissions, and adventurous cross-artform collaborations.

COMPOSERS

Composer Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt

Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer of classical and religious music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-invented compositional technique, tintinnabuli. Pärt’s music is in part inspired by chant. Since 2001, Pärt has been the most performed living composer in the world.
Composer Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich was a Russian composer and pianist who achieved great fame in the Soviet Union, but had a complex relationship with its government. His works, which tried to reconcile themes of Socialist revolution with the musical revolutions of his time, attracted both acclaim and contention. His 15 symphonies, concertos and 15 string quartets are frequently performed.

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