Industrial Revolutions - Ronan Apcar (Sydney)

You can't escape the tendrils of the industrial revolutions. 

Not only do you see its consequences everywhere you look, we're currently living in the Fourth industrial revolution - of autonomous machinery and AI.

In this rather unpianistic solo piano gig (think aeroplane drones, some animated projections, a monologue, even knives!), Ronan Apcar takes a look at the cultural phenomena and products of these industrial revolutions, presenting five solo piano works from contemporary Australian and modern American composers about commuters and factories, war and neoliberalism, complete with an original improvisation. It's all things machines in all its harrowing glory.

PROGRAM:
Leo ORNSTEIN Suicide in an Airplane
Kate NEAL & Sal COOPER Commuter Variations
Lynden BASSETT Why Wait? Tomorrow Has Already Been Cremated In Hell
Gerard BROPHY Abraço
Frederic RZEWSKI Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
+ plus original improvisation

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Ronan Apcar is a pianist with a reputation of versatility, edge, tenacity, and has been described as "a talent far beyond his age" (Limelight Magazine). Unafraid to experiment and challenge norms, his experience and fluency across all kinds of music - jazz to the avant-garde, classical to house - translates into his exciting work as a musician.
Banner photo by Gemma Tong