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summit of kunanyi/Mt Wellington will be the spectacular setting for a special “musical meditation” at sunrise on Saturday.
Unsounded will be presented by a duo called enso — Melbourne-based Shakuhachi player Anne Norman and Tasmanian violin and viola player Emily Sheppard — who incorporate traditional Japanese styles, European chamber music and eco-poetry into their performances.
Norman, who studied shakuhachi at Tokyo University of the Arts, has worked as soloist and in collaboration with a diverse range of artists in Australia, Japan, the US and Europe.
Sheppard has performed as soloist with Orchestra Victoria and the ANAM Orchestra and is a casual member with the Australian Chamber Orchestra Collective, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra Victoria. She has also collaborated with Paul Kelly, Katie Noonan and Michael Kieran Harvey.
In 2015 Norman and Sheppard performed in the resonant underground tunnels below Darwin, resulting in the album Beneath the Surface.
The pair have been spending time at Tasmania’s Hastings Caves before this weekend’s performance, listening, improvising and composing. The resulting music will form the basis of Unsounded, which will also feature other works composed in lighthouses, oil storage tunnels, historical underground batteries and caves.
For Unsounded enso will also be joined by vocalist, shakuhachi player and experimental guitarist Yyan Ng, and a community vocal quartet made up of Hobart residents.
enso presents Unsounded in the kunanyi/Mt Wellington observation shelter from 6.30am on Saturday.
Audience members are invited to arrive from 6am and settle in and get warm and comfortable. Tickets are $25, $20 concession, and a limited number of spots are available. Go to www.eventbrite.com.au for bookings.