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21 August, 3pm
This performance lasts 50 minutes, no interval.
Rosina Auditorium
A Little Extra $60
Standard $40
A Little Less $20
21 August, 3pm
This performance lasts 50 minutes, no interval.
Rosina Auditorium
A Little Extra $60
Standard $40
A Little Less $20
Brett DEAN Confessio (Australian Premiere)
Brett DEAN Faustian Pact (Australian Premiere)
Brett DEAN Imaginary Ballet
Brett Dean director/viola
ANAM Musicians
Brett Dean’s Artistic Residency at ANAM is supported by Peter Jopling and Richard Parker.
Brett Dean was born and studied in Australia, before moving to Germany where he was a member of the Berlin Philharmonic for fourteen years, during which time he began composing. His music is championed by many of the leading conductors and orchestras worldwide, including Sir Simon Rattle, Vladimir Jurowski, Simone Young, Daniel Harding, Andris Nelsons, Marin Alsop and Sakari Oramo. Much of Dean’s work draws from literary, political, environmental or visual stimuli, including a number of compositions inspired by artwork by his wife Heather Betts.
Dean won the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for music composition for his violin concerto The Lost Art of Letter Writing and was awarded the 2016 Don Banks Music Award by Australia Council, acknowledging his sustained and significant contribution to Australia’s musical scene. In June 2017 his second opera Hamlet was premiered at Glyndebourne Festival Opera to great acclaim, winning both the 2018 South Bank Sky Arts Awards and International Opera Awards for Best New Opera.