Event
Stalin’s Piano
- Date: Thursday, 15 March 2018, 7:30pm
- Venue: City Recital Hall — 2 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW
- Tickets: General: $30 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (02) 8256 2222
Event Details
A smash hit at its 2017 premiere at Canberra International Music Festival, Stalin’s Piano is a compelling musical exploration of a century of history, art and politics. Celebrated pianist Sonya Lifschitz weaves virtuosic music together with video and audio recordings of eminent artists and political figures in this striking multimedia composition by Robert Davidson.
Musical vignettes of notable identities are entwined with actual excerpts from their lives and work, from Le Corbusier to Shostakovich, Jackson Pollack to Ai Wei Wei, and Julia Gillard to Donald Trump.
Robert Davidson is renowned for unearthing the hidden musicality of speech in his works, creating a new dialogue between voice and instruments.
Praised by the New York Times and The Age as “dynamic” and “powerful”, Sonya Lifschitz is internationally-recognised as one of Australia’s most innovative and fiercely creative musical voices.
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
| Stalin's Piano : Voice portraits of artists and politicians (2017) by Robert Davidson — performed by Sonya Lifschitz |
Featured artists
- Performer Sonya Lifschitz
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