Three old and new releases of Cat Hope’s music alongside a new book/CD, concert and exhibitions of the Decibel new music ensemble’s Complete John Cage Variations Project.
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Cat Hope and Tina Havelock Stevens discuss their work FREESTYLE, after the premiere in Beechworth last month, and in prepration fo the film showing in Sydney next month.
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A review of Iran Sanadzadeh and Mike Mulshine’s Networked performance concert at Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and performance, Monash Unviersity., 28 Marrch 2024.
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This new book co-edited with Louise Devenish features a range of esteemed authors discussing what virtusosity means today.
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Super Lumimum converse in the lead up to the world premiere of Cat Hope’s new composition ‘Voluminum’, written specifically for the duo as a homage to Hungarian composer Geörgy Ligeti whose centenary it is this year.
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Geörgy Ligeti’s organ solo ‘Volumina’ (1961-67) alongside the world premeire of Cat Hope’s 40 minute homage work ‘Volumimum’ performed by Super Lumimum and guests.
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This is a discussion between Kate McMillan and Cat Hope, about their new project together, Never At Sea that opens at St Mary Le Strand church in London, UK on June 21st 2023
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Speechless, an opera written by Cat Hope in 2014- 2019, was presented in Hamburg, Germany as part of the Ligeti Festival in May 2023. This blog article is an overview that experience and its outcomes, and will be followed by a series of specific articles on elements of video, choir, score and staging.
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This is the text of Cat Hope’s presentation as part of the ‘Freedom in Art’ at the ‘Freedom in Crisis’ Conference in Hamburg on November 19, 2022.
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This blog post is a personal memorium to the singer, songwriter and drummer in US band Low, who passed away this month aged 55.
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Cat is a member of a research team for a project around Digital Scores, funded by the European Research Council from 2022 - 2026. The project is detailed in this blog post.
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Cat moves to Europe in August 2022, for 9 months - based in Hamburg, Germany as a Research Fellow at the Hamburg Institute of Advanced Studies (HIAS).
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2020 was a difficult year for everyone. However, Cat took part in a range of different projects and found some recognition throughout the year. Spending a large part of the year in a strict lockdown in Melbourne, this year took something of a different shape.
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‘Speechless’ was awarded a 2020 Australian Art Music Award for Best New Work, in the dramatic category. Presented at an online award ceremony, panellists described the work as “unflinchingly original on every level”.
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As you might expect with such a prolific artist, not every Morricone work is a masterpiece. Working in the film industry sometimes requires the creation of music for a film where the deadline is short and parameters fixed. Yet Morricone’s work is distinguished by just how good his best works are.
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On the death of Ennio Morricone, a short peice about how his music has been with me most of my life, as a listener, composer, musician and person in the world.
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This is a short thought piece on the impact of COVID 19 Pandemic on both her practice and broader arts and academic communities that she is part of.
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A Start to 2020: Composing for and in Tectonics Glasgow, 2 new releases, round 2 of the Summers Night Project, travel to Scotland, New Zealand, Hamburg and the on air premiere of “Speechless”
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