Music / “Four Winds Festival 2021”, Bermagui, April 2-4. Reviewed by ROB KENNEDY.
AFTER a spellbinding couple of days at the 2021 Four Winds Festival, the final day, Sunday, April 4, hosted more musical and artistic treats.
To add to the delightful ambience, at the end of Saturday and Sunday’s afternoon performances, in the Windsong Pavilion, music aficionado Graham Abbott held conversations with festival artists and directors over drinks and food.
The Muffat Collective on strings with Hamed Sadeghi playing the Tar, an Iranian lute-like instrument, performed musical interactions between the sounds of the east and west. Responding to Muffat’s playing with improvisatory moments, Sadeghi and the players created an intimate world of unique sounds. With music by Francois Couperin, Bagio Marini and others, they brought a stillness to the festival that matched the nature we were in.
Music / Four Winds Festival 2021, Bermagui, April 2-4. Reviewed by
ROB KENNEDY.
MUSIC and the arts filled the air at the 21st outing for the Four Winds Festival held in Bermagui over the Easter long weekend – part one.
After a year’s hiatus because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Four Winds Festival was back stronger than before. This festival showcased many styles of music, dance, poetry, spoken word and more from across the artistic spectrum. The theme for this year’s festival was “Reconnect”, put together by a dedicated team and artistic director Lindy Hume.
Four Winds audience. Photo: Ben Marden.
Within the many programmed events, there were numerous performances from some of Australia’s leading musicians and artists. Every day saw a large number of people arrive early to get the best spots, but on the free Friday, there were more than expected. One volunteer commented, “I don’t know if they will all fit in”.
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Critical Stages Touring Launches Ambitious 2021 Touring & Development Season
The full season of productions and industry programs will be launched at The Arts Exchange Sydney, with special guest speakers.by BWW News Desk
Critical Stages Touring, Australia s national touring theatre company, is set to announce an ambitiously diverse year of storytelling on the country s stages.
After a successful start to 2021 with a season at the Sydney Opera House with Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark by kid s entertainment maestros The Listies, the company is looking forward to getting back on the road with another nine outstanding independent productions from Australia and New Zealand.
Creative director of the Four Winds Festival, Lindy Hume. Photo: Lisa Herbert.
THE sense of excitement is palpable at the Four Winds office in Bermagui as its inaugural creative director, Lindy Hume, takes over the reins for the 2021 and 2022 Easter fes
tivals.
Hume is one of Australia’s best-known festival and opera directors, with stints heading up Sydney Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, West Australian Opera, Victoria State Opera, OzOpera and Opera Queensland, but she’s no stranger to Canberra.
In 1991 she directed Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” (Cinderella) at the Canberra Theatre for the now-defunct Opera ACT, then in 1995 she directed “A Dinner Engagement” by Lennox Berkeley and “Three’s Company” by Anthony Hopkins for the chamber opera company, Stopera.