Organization

Admin

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Benjamin Northey

Instrumentalist

Erkki Veltheim

Violin

Helen Svoboda

Double bass

Peter Knight

Trumpet

Aviva Endean

Bass clarinet

Others

Daniel Ngukurr Boy Wilfred

Wata: A Gathering For Songmen, Improvising Soloists And Orchestra

Sydney City

Australia

Sydney Opera House

Concert Hall

Wata: A Gathering For Songmen, Improvising Soloists And Orchestra: Wata: A Gathering for Manikay Performers, Improvising Soloists and Orchestra Grabowsky

Public

Wata: A Gathering for Manikay Performers, Improvising Soloists and Orchestra

Pallavi Pawar

Approved

Wata means many things: it is a part of a ceremonial song cycle, part of the manikay (public song) tradition of the Ngukurr people. It is also a purification ritual, a song of new beginnings, of release, of flight, and connection to land, ancestry and hope for the future.
With complex patterns of yidaki and bilma forming the building blocks, musicians of the Sydney Symphony and guest improvising soloists weave in and out of the songs led by Daniel Wilfred and David Wilfred, guided by Grabowsky’s powerful orchestration.

Wata is an invitation to experience a new form of musical collaboration within the manikay tradition, inside the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. It’s exciting, invigorating and spontaneous. Come experience the expansive warmth and astonishing musicality of Wata. It’s totally life affirming.

English

Forestillingkreditter (Ensemble & produksjonsteam )

Instrumentering

Ensemble