May 2006

ELISION turns Twenty

The distance covered writes ELISION's Artistic Director Daryl BUCKLEY in a recent article marking the twentieth year of the ELISION Ensemble. Celebrating that distance covered, ELISION presents Mother Tongue, a concert entirely of Australian and world premieres, in Brisbane on June 10 and Sydney on June 11. Featuring music of Liza LIM, Chris DENCH, Timothy O'DWYER and John RODGERS, the artists and friends will include Jean DEROYER (France), Piia KOMSI (Finland), Graeme JENNINGS (USA), Marilyn NONKEN (USA), John BUTCHER (UK), Peter VEALE (NZ), Carl ROSMAN (Germany) and Patricia SYKES (Australia).

Also in this year's programme, ELISION brings Liza LIM's Chinese ritual street-opera Yuè Lìng Jié to the Brisbane Festival, enters the world of cinema in Ghosts Before Breakfast, explores d-CONSTRUCTION with the music of Richard BARRETT and James GARDNER and, by way of Liverpool, European City of Culture 2008, takes up its second residency at Hudderfield, the UK's leading contemporary music event.