Virag Antal interviewed by Peter Parkhill [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 359651
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Antal, Virag, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access to be determined.
- Description:
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- 2000
- 3 digital audio tapes (ca. 190 min.)
- Summary:
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Virag Antal, musician, describes her life as a musician and an administrator, her work for the Brisbane Festival, her own musical group Tulipan and their experimental work with traditional and other music, the experimentalism among musicians at the Brisbane Ethic Music and Arts Centre (BEMAC), the range of musical traditions represented at BEMAC, how traditional music is presented in a modern setting, what the first rehearsal should include, the group learns Hungarian melodies as a basis for improvisations, the differences between Western European art music and the performance of traditional melodies, her definition of world music, how the group changes and evolves in part according to audience reactions, different versions of the group, what constitutes a new group, how the drum kit allows them to operate in the mainstream as well as at festivals, internal relations in the groups and their own particular plans, recording and publishing contracts, her own work as a solo performer, how her group has produced three CDs, her involvement in the first group Selengi which included Linsey Pollack, herself and others, how musicians are sometimes chosen for their exotic value, her meetings with other Hungarian musicians at festivals, the marginalisation of traditional musicians, marketing music as part of the profession.
Antal discusses the world music industry, ideals of administrators in choosing performers, her first performances, though she was born in Australia she was strongly influenced by his Hungarian parents' interest in music which she later studied, family trip to Hungary at age 5 then later at age 9, her strong identification with Hungarian music, the pervasiveness of the local Hungarian community in Melbourne and its music, how her father makes traditional percussion instruments, how she acquired her own competence with Hungarian folk instruments such as the zither, her contact with a zither "maestro", her high school education in Hungary at the Kodaly School of Music then later the family moved to Brisbane and she attended the Brisbane Conservatorium where she majored in piano, her honours work based on her involvement with BEMAC, her work with her own group Tulipan, music in traditional societies, music and identity, world music issues and Tulipan, world music groups in Australia, Hungarian music performed by world groups, BEMAC and community support.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on May 4, 2000 in Brisbane, Qld.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary available (5 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Musicians
- Other authors/contributors:
- Parkhill, Peter, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2070 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2000
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