NOMINATION: Performance of the Year - Notated Composition
NOMINATION: Performance of the Year - Notated Composition
For the performance of a single Australian work, showcasing the performer(s)’ success in revealing the nature and intention of a composition with clear notated instructions for the performer. Works with significant improvisatory aspects should instead be submitted for Performance of the Year: Jazz / Improvised Music.
A work is defined as a single complete musical composition, or expression. This includes music with movements or sub-works (i.e. song cycles), installations, and real-time compositions (improvised music).
If you believe your performance to be nominated in the wrong category or the details of your nomination to be incorrect, please contact the AMC via email at awards@australianmusiccentre.com.au before proceeding with the nomination.
Outstanding performance of this major work, which blends moving image, virtuosic pianism, and narrative, into a spellbinding and moving show highlighting the lives of exceptional women artists, scientists, and leaders through a series of musical portraits. Sonya Lifschitz delivered a truly powerful performance, seamlessly synching image and sound, bringing each dramatic portrait to life through the magic that she created.