Melbourne Recital Centre Podcasts

Australia is home to the world’s oldest indigenous musical culture, and the site of major developments in various genres from folk through rock to art music. On Monday 24 October, leading Australian composer Katy Abbott Kvasnica and her internationally esteemed colleagues who form the ensemble Three explored some of the key works that make up the contemporary art music landscape, including insight...

Discover how music can have positive effects on the minds of people with disability. Dementia poses significant challenges for all those it affects. This presentation investigates the benefits of music for persons with dementia and their carers on memory, mood and behaviour. Three of the country’s new National Health and Medical Research Council and Australian Research Council Dementia Research De...

A rare up-close and personal discussion with American visionary Zola Jesus. Equally commanding and fragile, Zola Jesus transcends genre with her shape-shifting mix of cinematic synth pop and dark anthemic balladry. Her mix of the traditional and futuristic has seen her heralded among America’s most compelling young musicians and, at just 27, performed with Fever Ray, The XX and collaborated with D...

A rare up-close and personal discussion with banjoists Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn Banjoists Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn have mastered the deceptively intricate art of the duet. Their performances embrace a diversity almost unthinkable – coming from just two banjos and one voice. Fleck, a 15-time Grammy winner, has collaborated with Chick Corea, Oumou Sangare, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, D...

In Conversation is a creative conversation about artistic processes, musical influences, career highlights and more, recorded live at Melbourne Recital Centre. On Wednesday 29 June, vocalist Lisa Gerrard and Melbourne songwriter Dave Graney joined an intimate group of fans and fellow musicians in the Salon for a rare ‘In Conversation’ event at Melbourne Recital Centre. About Lisa: Over a career th...