Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Join the ANAM Orchestra for an unforgettable Gala evening of stunning music-making, led by one of the most celebrated conductors of our time, Asher Fisch. Fisch is known for his remarkable interpretations of the grand works of the Romantic era and will use his experienced vision to guide the next generation of Australia’s finest musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM).

World renowned as a conductor of the grand 19th century repertoire, Fisch will conduct Brahms’s ever-beautiful 2nd Symphony, alongside two brilliant contemporary works: Australian composer Lachlan Skipworth’s new flute concerto with soloist Andrew Nicholson and British composer Anna Clyne’s 2015 work This Midnight Hour.

"To me, Brahms is foundational. At the very beginning of my tenure as Chief Conductor in Perth, I used the Brahms just to get this warm, string based, central European sound. This repertoire is very important to professional musicians and orchestras.

Even if we’re playing Tchaikovsky or Dvořák, until you get to Stravinsky and Shostakovich, everything we play is in this world of sound you find in Brahms." – Asher Fisch

Featured non-Australian music: Anna CLYNE This Midnight Hour, Johannes BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 73

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on 9645 7911 or by email to info@anam.com.au

Featured artists

• Presented by Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)
• Music of Lachlan Skipworth
• Performer Asher Fisch
• Performer Andrew Nicholson
• Performer ANAM Orchestra