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Play out they did, and those who wondered what an Australian orchestra could possibly offer the Japanese, famously finicky in their classical music appreciation, were immediately answered in the cross-cultural fanfare of Brisbane composer Liza Lim's Flying Banner (after Wang To). And upon completion of their spectacular rendition of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, the orchestra received the kind of review money couldn't buy. Attending the opening concert in Tokyo was Crown Prince Naruhito, himself an accomplished viola player. At a supper afterwards, he sipped Australian wine while chatting with a small group of musicians. "He said...
...Among those who are reaping the benefits is Singaporean Lim Chee Hoong. After earning an undergraduate law degree in Great Britain and working at law firm Clifford Chance Wong in Singapore, Lim, now 28, had a change of heart about his choice of career. "I found litigation aggressive and contentious," he says. Seeking a less confrontational career, he plunked down the $30,000 tuition fee needed to enroll in the private-banking program at Singapore Management University. Before he had even graduated, he'd bagged a job with Morgan Stanley's private bank in Singapore. "The way to move forward...
...crow with the brilliance of free-form jazz. He can also shift seamlessly between four different one-note instruments, all powered by his Herculean circular breathing (meaning he rarely needs to come up for air). "He's constantly inventing new ways of playing the instrument," says Liza Lim, composer in residence at the Sydney Symphony. "It's such a great signal of Aboriginal culture not being static; of renewing, innovating and transforming...
...This week sees the Sydney Opera House world premiere of Lim's new work for didgeridoo, flute and orchestra, and the SSO may never sound the same again. The Perth-born composer was interested in how Barton could reconfigure the symphonic frequencies of the orchestra, and The Compass is about "tilting the horizon point," she says. "In a way, the didgeridoo collects all the low instruments around it." The piece also brings Barton back to his roots. He begins with a chant in his native Kalkadunga tongue, since "the voice is absolutely the heart of what the didgeridoo's about...
...musical chemistry was palpable, and the classical world soon came courting. A slew of commissions, CDs and concert tours has bulked up Barton's impressive c.v., culminating in a performance at the Cit? de la Musique in Paris last November. "I tell you, he was a superstar," reports composer Lim, who was on hand. And refreshingly down-to-earth. While taking a break from recording in Sydney earlier this year, Barton sipped chai tea while reminiscing about his newfound love of Guinness-drinking in Ireland. "Sweet like nectar," he says. The same could be said of the sublime sounds from...