Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Bae Il Dong (South Korea)

Daniel Wilfred (Arnhem Land)

A new collaborative concert that brings together two of the world’s most distinctive vocal practices: Yolngu manikay (song) tradition from Arnhem Land, and South Korean p’ansori ‘street opera’, in a world premiere fusion of music.

This event is part of the 2018 OzAsia Festival

P’ansori involves years of isolated practice in the mountains of South Korea, with dedicated performers singing into waterfalls to develop volume and intensity. Yolgnu manikay is one of the oldest continuously practiced music traditions in the world, and consists of songs passed down through generations from the ancestral beings that originally shaped and named the Yolngu homelands in Arnhem Land.

While manikay and p’ansori embody different approaches to voice and sound, they also have much in common: stories, improvisation, focus on extreme refinement of vocal techniques, and hypnotic rhythmic elements, along with a sense of voice that rises from the earth.

Bae Il Dong and Daniel Wilfred will be joined by a constellation of Australian Art Orchestra instruments including Simon Barker (drum kit), and Jenny Barnes (voice).

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The Meeting Points program is presented by the Australian Art Orchestra, under the direction of composer/trumpeter Peter Knight and imagines a future where new music that engages Asian, Indigenous and Western influences is part of the cultural fabric of our region.

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website

Featured artists

• Jazz/improvisation by Il Dong Bae
• Jazz/improvisation by Daniel Ngukurr Boy Wilfred
• Jazz/improvisation by Simon Barker
• Jazz/improvisation by Jennifer Barnes
• Jazz/improvisation by Australian Art Orchestra