Kyla Matsuura-Miller: You can’t be what you can’t see

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The Offcast: Conversations with musical mavericks

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Ensemble Offspring's Artistic Director Claire Edwardes chats to the musical mavericks and pioneers from close to home and across the globe. Often perceived as the outcasts in the world of classical music, it is these people who have brought much needed diversity to our musical landscape. In these punchy and upbeat interviews Claire finds out what makes her guests tick, asking them about their roots, inspiration to do things differently and innovative plans for the future.

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Kyla Matsuura-Miller: You can’t be what you can’t see

The Offcast: Conversations with musical mavericks

37 minutes

3 years ago

Kyla Matsuura-Miller: You can’t be what you can’t see

Tokyo-born and Melbourne-raised violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller talks about winning the 2021 Freedman Classical Fellowship, BIPOC representation in music and those necessary awkward moments...

Since graduating from the ANAM in 2018, violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller has more than established her place at the table in the Australian cultural scene. Kyla is the 2021 Freedman Classical Fellowship recipient and has won awards including the Homophonic Pride Prize. She is currently collaborating with Inventi Ensemble and in Duo Piaggio with pianist Adam McMillan. Kyla currently plays on a fine violin made by Giovanni Pistucci, circa 1910-1920 which has been generously loaned by a private syndicate.

Kyla Matsuura-Miller: http://www.kylaviolin.com.au/
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– Discussed in this episode –
• Freedman Fellowship: https://sima.org.au/freedman-music-fellowships/
• rage - ABC: https://www.abc.net.au/rage/
• The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM): https://anam.com.au/
• Ngarra-Burria: https://www.moogahlin.org/ngarra-burria
• Three Conversations – Kyla Matsuura-Miller: https://musictrust.com.au/loudmouth/three-conversations-an-exploration-of-growing-up-non-white-in-australia/
• Tobias Willis, KEWL Studio: https://www.kewl.studio/
• Stephanie Kabanyana-Kanyandekwe: https://kabanyana.com/about/
• Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra (1959-1940*) [*as inscribed by the composer] – Lou Harrison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn-GP8KUJB4
• Steve Schick: http://stevenschick.com/
• Will Hansen: https://www.facebook.com/willhansenbass/
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Opening music: Heaven Only Empty (2014) – Damien Ricketson
Closing music: Light for the First Time (2017) – Bree van Reyk

The Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.
Ensemble Offspring: https://ensembleoffspring.com/