Eight unmissable gigs to see at Live at the Bowl this January
Words by Eva Marchingo
The outdoor summer concert series is reinvigorating Melbourne’s live entertainment scene.
From January, Melbourne’s beloved Sidney Myer Music Bowl will be transformed into a hotspot (the good kind) of the best live acts in Australia.
A joint initiative by Arts Centre Melbourne and the Victorian government, Live at the Bowl will play host to a series of Australian events and performances held over several weeks.
This season of celebration will help us rediscover the joy of live music and shared experiences, this time in a COVID-Safe environment. Expect to see social distancing, an abundance of hand sanitiser, QR codes for mobile phone registration, and regular cleaning, all to keep punters safe.
Arts Centre Melbourne reveals details and dates for its next phase of re-opening Photo by Jayden Ostwald
Words by Kate Streader
The next stage will feature an outdoor performance series, the return of the Australian Music Vault and more.
Arts Centre Melbourne has announced its next stage of re-opening, set to unfold across January and early February.
While the ghost lights will stay on in the venue’s performance spaces for a little while longer, Melbourne music lovers will be treated to a new outdoor performance series featuring local musicians titled Vault Sessions: Live & Lo-Fi, marking the re-launch of Australian Music Vault.
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No matter how many times one listens to his music, Beethovenâs command of contrasting worlds and conflict is breathtaking, says Richard Tognetti, artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
The German master created some of the most sublime, sensitive, electrifying and fiery works, sometimes composed at the same time and premiered in the very same concert.
Still heard: Beethoven turns 250 this year.
âBeethoven is minimalist and maximalist, a composer of immensely conflicted personae,â Tognetti says. âBeethoven the moralist, environmentalist, philosopher; Beethoven the enraged, fulminating against the establishment and elites, hubristic, histrionic and yet tragic. Beethoven the disrupter and Beethoven the clarifier of musical intention.â
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No matter how many times one listens to his music, Beethovenâs command of contrasting worlds and conflict is breathtaking, says Richard Tognetti, artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
The German master created some of the most sublime, sensitive, electrifying and fiery works, sometimes composed at the same time and premiered in the very same concert.
Still heard: Beethoven turns 250 this year.
âBeethoven is minimalist and maximalist, a composer of immensely conflicted personae,â Tognetti says. âBeethoven the moralist, environmentalist, philosopher; Beethoven the enraged, fulminating against the establishment and elites, hubristic, histrionic and yet tragic. Beethoven the disrupter and Beethoven the clarifier of musical intention.â
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TSO concert master Emma McGrath says there s nothing like playing for a live audience.
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Emma McGrath has missed the thrill of playing to a live audience during the coronavirus-affected months of 2020.
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Because of COVID-19 they will rely more heavily on local artists
About a third of arts jobs in Australia have disappeared this year according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics
But with in-person performances back on the cards in 2021, the concert master with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has a lot to look forward to.