TRANSCRIPT: Muraho/hello! I’m Stéphanie Kabanyana Kanyandekwe. You’ve landed on a page in my website from using the QR code in my work Kamaramasenge: where the small change is spent, in the art exhibition VOLUME: Bodies of Knoweldge here at Metro Arts in Meanjin/Brisbane. Kamaramasenge: where the small change is spent is an interactive collaboration between…
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I’ve been working on the Kwibuka Committee of the Victoria-Rwandan Community Abroad association to create an online Kwibuka this year. ‘Remember’ is the translation of ‘Kwibuka’ in Kinyarwanda, Rwanda’s national language. It describes the annual commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi. 2021 marks 27 years. Kwibuka provides an important opportunity to honour the memory…
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Got to chat about a few fav topics on the tv show Spicks & Specks. Watch here: https://iview.abc.net.au/video/LE2002V003S00
How do you define Australian Music? I asked this question to a panel of powerhouse music creators and future shapers. Australia’s classical community of composers is diverse, multidimensional, and, above all, thriving. Join me in hearing from: Aaron Wyatt: violist, conductor and programmer Liza Lim: award-winning composer and collaborator Robin Fox: composer and audio-visual artist,…
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On Tuesday 13th February I ask the question: How do you define Australian Music? to a panel of powerhouse music creators and future shapers. Join in person/online via link below: www.mso.com.au/whats-on/2021/ears-wide-open-future-music/ Australia’s classical community of composers is diverse, multidimensional, and, above all, thriving. Join me in hearing from violist, conductor and programmer Aaron Wyatt, award-winning…
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If you weren’t able to join us on the night, you can now watch our panel talk on demand via the MSO Live youtube page. Link below: Wata: a Gathering for Manikay Performers, Improvising Soloists and Orchestra is a powerful new collaboration between MSO’s 2021 Composer in Residence, Paul Grabowsky AO, David Yipininy Wilfred, and…
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This year I’m working with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and hosting a few talks in their Ears Wide Open series. This first will be on Monday 29th March, with guests collaborating on Wata: a Gathering for Manikay Performers, Improvising Soloists and Orchestra: renowned Wagilak songmen from Arnhem Land, brothers Daniel Ngukurr Boy Wilfred and David…
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In June this year I presented a continuation of the conversation that Illusions began, this time with one of my musical collaborators – Ben Opie. This iteration was presented at the public programs event: Confronting the Frontier Wars: International Perspectives, one of the public programs within the 2018 Forum of the Representation, Remembrance and the Memorial visual arts research project – more on that below.