The Substation/ Kim Myhr (Norway), Tony Buck (GERMANY/AUS), Australian Art Orchestra/ Vesper/
Tickets $25 | Friday 8 June and Saturday9 June (Combined) $45
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Kim Myhr takes to the stage with one of Australia’s most distinctive and adventurous contemporary music ensembles the Australian Art Orchestra, performing the world premiere of a work he created especially for the shape-shifting 10-piece orchestra. Two violinists, two drummers, bass, hammered dulcimer, electronics, bass clarinet, Revox reel-to-reel tape machine and Myhr’s 12-string electric guitar make up the unusual sonic union.
Award-winning young bass clarinet virtuoso, Aviva Endean , incendiary violinist Erikki Veltheim, Tony Buck and Peter Knight are amongst the musician line-up.
Kim Myhr, guitar
Peter Knight, trumpet, electronics
Aviva Endean, bass clarinet
Tony Buck drum kit
Lizzy Welsh, violin
Erkki Veltheim, violin
Jacques Emery, contra bass, hammered dulcimer
Joe Talia, Revox B77 reel-to-reel tape machine, percussion
Jem Savage, sound design, live sound
Presented by The Substation and the Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Feature image: AAO rehearsal, The Substation, 2018, Photo: Pier Carthew
Gallery images: AAO rehearsal, The Substation, 2018, Photos: Pier Carthew
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