The scope of many contemporary composers in the Australian landscape cannot be without musical visionary, Carl Vine AO. This week’s episode is in conversation with the composer and 19-year Artistic Director of world-renowned Australian chamber music organisation, Musica Viva. Talking through the significance of introducing youth to access, new repertoire and chamber music through education (primary school to university musical training), to descent in commissioning practices and performances of new or more recently composed works, and his thoughts about the restrictive economic model and its impact on music practitioners and audience experiences. We continue to wonder; will we ever get to a day where we can hear new works in the concert hall without needing them to be paired with the expected companion of (as beautiful and enjoyable as they are) Ravel’s Bolero or Holst’s The Planets? 

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Selected Resources (full list available in the transcript)

Carl Vine

http://www.carlvine.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi/

Musica Viva

https://musicaviva.com.au/

The Hildegard Project

https://musicaviva.com.au/about-us/hildegard-project/