Percussion meets K-pop.

After her exhilarating performances of Dances with Devils in 2023, star percussionist Claire Edwardes returns to the CSO for a new collaboration.

The inspiration is the National Museum of Australia’s upcoming K-pop exhibition Hallyu! The Korean Wave, and Claire will be joined by charismatic South Korean jazz vocalist Sunny Kim for a program to spark your imagination – filling the Gandel Atrium with brilliant colours and electrifying rhythms. Holly Harrison’s Creature Feature was a highlight of the 2024 Canberra International Music Festival – a showstopping musical carnival with a ‘fiendishly difficult’ marimba part. Claire has matched this epic, virtuoso piece with some her favourite percussion miniatures.

The resulting sound world is a patchwork garden, from the meditative mood of Ella Macens Falling Embers to Bree van Reyk’s witty fanfare for three tambourines, and the excitement of hi-hats and chimes in Katy Abbott’s Taking Chances. Two premieres, including a new CSO and NMA co-commission, and an improvisation for voice and percussion promise to make this concert one of the highlights of the season.