5/18/2023 0 Comments Vivaldi sydney opera house![]() He recalls Beethoven and Vivaldi streaming from ABC classic FM radio, and AC/DC in his cassette player. His mother - singer, songwriter and poet Delmae Barton - remembers him dancing to Elvis Presley when he could barely stand. He was an elder of the Wannyi, Lardil and Kalkadunga people.” I started learning the didgeridoo from about the age of seven from my uncle, Arthur Peterson. “I grew up on a cattle station just outside Mt Isa in northwest Queensland. With his prodigious musicality and the quiet conviction of his Kalkadunga heritage, he has vastly expanded the horizons of the didgeridoo - and the culture and landscape that it represents. His awards include Winner of Best Original Score for a Mainstage Production at the 2018 Sydney Theatre Awards and Winner of Best Classical Album with ARIA for Birdsong At Dusk in 2012. ![]() ![]() For two decades, William Barton has forged a peerless profile as a performer and composer in the classical musical world, from the Philharmonic Orchestras of London and Berlin to historic events at Westminster Abbey for Commonwealth Day 2019, Anzac Cove and the Beijing Olympics.
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