Tokyo-born and Melbourne-raised violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller talks about winning the 2021 Freedman Classical Fellowship, BIPOC representation in music and those necessary awkward moments...
Since graduating from the ANAM in 2018, violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller has more than established her place at the table in the Australian cultural scene. Kyla is the 2021 Freedman Classical Fellowship recipient and has won awards including the Homophonic Pride Prize. She is currently collaborating with Inventi Ensemble and in Duo Piaggio with pianist Adam McMillan. Kyla currently plays on a fine violin made by Giovanni Pistucci, circa 1910-1920 which has been generously loaned by a private syndicate.
Kyla Matsuura-Miller: http://www.kylaviolin.com.au/
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– Discussed in this episode –
• Freedman Fellowship: https://sima.org.au/freedman-music-fellowships/
• rage - ABC: https://www.abc.net.au/rage/
• The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM): https://anam.com.au/
• Ngarra-Burria: https://www.moogahlin.org/ngarra-burria
• Three Conversations – Kyla Matsuura-Miller: https://musictrust.com.au/loudmouth/three-conversations-an-exploration-of-growing-up-non-white-in-australia/
• Tobias Willis, KEWL Studio: https://www.kewl.studio/
• Stephanie Kabanyana-Kanyandekwe: https://kabanyana.com/about/
• Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra (1959-1940*) [*as inscribed by the composer] – Lou Harrison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn-GP8KUJB4
• Steve Schick: http://stevenschick.com/
• Will Hansen: https://www.facebook.com/willhansenbass/
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Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien Ricketson
Closing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van Reyk
The Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.
Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/
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