In 2016 for the first time, The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO) collaborates, for a series of fascinating talks named ‘Art Talks’. Throughout 2016 The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre will host four talks. Guest presenters will include the likes of Nicholas Carter, Principal Conductor; Paul Rissmann, Composer, Pedagogue and Performer; Jeffrey Tate, Principal Guest Conductor and Pinchas Zukerman, Artist in Association.
Nicholas Carter, Principal Conductor
In-conversation with Jacinta Thompson, Executive Director, The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
Tuesday 22 March 2016
ASO Principal Conductor Nicholas Carter, will talk about the Relevance of Orchestras in the 21st Century. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Principal Conductor Nicholas Carter is fast establishing a career as a conductor of exceptional versatility, equally at home in the concert hall and the opera house, and fluent in a diverse repertoire. He is the first Australian in almost 30 years to be appointed to lead a major Australian symphony orchestra.
From 2011 to mid-2014 he was Kapellmeister at the Hamburg State Opera, as well as serving as musical assistant to Music Director Simone Young. This engagement followed a three-year association with the Sydney Symphony, first as Assistant Conductor, working closely with Vladimir Ashkenazy and a number of the orchestra’s guest conductors, and subsequently as Associate Conductor. Nicholas is currently Kapellmeister and musical assistant to Donald Runnicles at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Paul Rissmann, Composer, Pedagogue and Performer
Thursday 7 April 2016
Paul Rissmann (ASO Festival of Learning & Participation) is passionate about active participation in music education. This in conversation session will be a chance to get an insight into Paul’s charismatic approach.
Paul’s commissions range from electronic music for Microsoft to orchestral music for the LSO. His interactive composition Bamboozled for orchestra and audience has been performed by over 45,000 people – from Daytona Beach, Florida to Melbourne, Australia and in 2012 was performed at an Olympic Torch relay by the Philharmonia Orchestra. Paul recently won a British Composer’s Award (BASCA) and was also appointed an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM).
Jeffrey Tate, Principal Guest Conductor
In-conversation with Professor David Lloyd, Vice Chancellor, UniSA
Thursday 6 October 2016
Today Jeffrey Tate is one of the most renowned and versatile British conductors of his generation. He began his musical career as a staff member of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London. A formative experience was the centenary ‘Ring’ at the Bayreuth Festival, where he was the assistant of Pierre Boulez. On this basis, Tate later developed his own highly regarded interpretation of the ‘Ring’ – Tetralogy in Cologne and Paris (with the Orchestre National de France). The Paris production was afterwards taken over by the State Opera of South Australia in Adelaide and made history as the first complete ‘Ring’ performance in Australia.
Pinchas Zukerman, Artist in Association
In-conversation with Professor Tanya Monro, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation, UniSA
Tuesday 22 November 2016
Pinchas Zukerman has remained a phenomenon in the world of music for over four decades. His musical genius, prodigious technique and unwavering artistic standards are a marvel to audiences and critics. Devoted to the next generation of musicians, he has inspired younger artists with his magnetism and passion. His enthusiasm for teaching has resulted in innovative programs in London, New York, China, Israel and Ottawa. A devoted and innovative pedagogue, Mr. Zukerman chairs the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music, where he has pioneered the use of distance-learning technology in the arts. Pinchas Zukerman’s extensive discography contains over 100 titles, and has earned him 2 Grammy awards and 21 nominations.
For more information and to register your FREE attendance for each Art Talk visit the Hawke Centre Website.
Art Talks presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
