Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

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Step into the sonic future with the world premiere of The Parts We Give, a bold new hyperpop song-cycle by Australian-Chinese composer Christine Pan. This genre-blending, high-voltage performance rips apart the seams of classical tradition and stitches them back together with glitchy synths, distorted vocals, and raw emotional power. Didi and Jiejie exist in a space between memory and simulation—two siblings chasing echoes of a life they’re only beginning to understand. As they reconstruct a shared past shaped by sacrifice, care, and cultural pressure, they begin to question what was chosen, what was inherited, and what was ever truly theirs. Soprano Megan Kim (Queensland Opera’s Young Artist 2025) brings crystalline fragility to Jiejie, while Tenor Wesley Yu (finalist in the 2025 Nicholas Tarling Aria Competition) delivers a fiercely intimate portrait of Didi. Their voices drive a story that flickers between past and present, between the spaces of what’s real and unreal. The Parts We Give is part concert, part transmission from another dimension. This one-hour concert reshapes the rules of music theatre, fusing opera and hyperpop into something radically new. Be the first to witness this genre-defying work at East Sydney Community and Arts Centre. The Parts We Give is proudly supported by the APRAAMCOS Arts Music Fund 2024 Presented in Partnership with BLUSH OPERA. *Accessible Tickets available upon request. Please email blushopera.sydney@gmail.com for details. Please follow @blushopera @thepartswegive @christinepanmusic for the latest updates and behind-the-scenes, composition and rehearsal process! A companion game, The Parts We Give the Game, produced by Daniel Pini from FABLE ARTS will also be coming out soon. Please follow @fable_arts for updates.

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by email to christinepanmusic@gmail.com

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