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Over 17 days until 2 August, the Queensland Music Festival will host performances from the tip of our State on Thursday Island, west to Mount Isa and down to the Great South East.
Featuring 44 events in over 20 regions throughout the State, the Queensland Music Festival program will inspire and surprise with new and refreshing combinations of artists and styles including musical theatre, jazz, new opera, classical, contemporary, experimental, country and rock.
“The Queensland Music Festival is unique in its commitment to achieving a State-wide reach, and in creating new works that reflect Queensland’s own identity,” said Queensland Music Festival’s Artistic Director Deborah Conway.
“In Queensland’s 150th year, birthdays are a good time to reflect on the past and consider the future. This July we will lovingly put Queensland under the historical microscope while also aiding and abetting some adventurous notions of an imagined future in musical form.
“Queensland Music Festival brings many performers from opposite sides of the globe together for the first time. We will experience the exchange, the collision of old and new and the similarities of sonic worlds that have developed so far apart and yet share a commonality both surprising and moving.”
The full program is available at www.qmf.org.au.
The Queensland Music Festival is a state-wide biennial celebration of musical excellence that makes the joy of music accessible to all. The Festival ignites artistic potential throughout Queensland. Working in collaboration with local councils and regional communities, QMF inspires participation in music-making and performance that reflects local culture and tells local stories.
Whether your primary interest is in serious contemporary music, world music, regional cultural development or just taking in fantastic entertainment, QMF 2009 truly offers something for everyone.
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