Kym Alexandra Dillon - VENDESTINY

Step into an expansive, lyrical, and virtuosic piano universe.

Launching the debut album of award-winning pianist and composer Kym Alexandra Dillon, VENDESTINY draws the listener into an imaginative and emotional inner world, all through the enchantment of a solo piano. Through her virtuosic and expressive language, Dillon transforms the piano into an orchestra and a lyrical, soulful extension of herself, traversing stylistic divides.

Each piece starts its life as a musical seed that blooms into a complete and ornate artwork, conjuring its own realm within which to explore and feel. Moving fluidly between classical, jazz, and contemporary genres, Dillon explores her personal reflections on self-discovery, the refuge of the imagination, the choice of gratitude in the aftermath of a relationship, and how our own lives and destinies are intricately intertwined with those around us.

As a special bonus, Dillon will also perform pieces from two of her greatest influences - Franz Liszt and Keith Jarrett, in addition to performing the entire VENDESTINY album.

Praise for Kym Alexandra Dillon

'Kym Dillon is one of those rare but treasured composers who manages to find a voice that is new and unique and yet touches a humanity we all share. It is her voice, but it becomes ours as well, as we are led into the inner world of her music and travel it with her. This ability to be both new and familiar, both extraordinary and yet somehow a long-known friend, makes her one of Australia's most interesting living composers.'- The Sound Barrier (PBS 106.7 FM)

Tickets

Standard $45 ($35 Concession)

Please note, seating in the Primrose Potter Salon is General Admission.

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Artist

Kym Alexandra Dillon piano

Program

Kym Alexandra Dillon
Vanishing Act
Bells Across the Hills
Travelling Tune

Franz Liszt
Au Lac de Wallenstadt

Kym Alexandra Dillon
For Honour
Three Two One
Connexions

Keith Jarrett
The Köln Concert, Part IIc

Kym Alexandra Dillon
Fare Thee Well
The Waves

About the Artist

Kym Alexandra Dillon is an Australian composer, pianist, and presenter whose unique path as a musician has led her to cultivate a category-defying artistic career. Equally at home improvising in jazz ensembles, composing for symphony orchestras, performing complex contemporary works or engaging orchestral audiences with her talks on music, her professional activity spans a multitude of disciplines and genres, all stemming from her deep love of music and belief in its power to shape and enrich our lives.

Starting her piano studies with composer Vanessa Lann in the Netherlands, Dillon's sense for play, creativity and collaboration led her into the improvisational language of jazz in her early life, but this soon expanded into a love for classical and art music. She is now premiering the new works of Australian art music composers at festivals as a jazz player or touring the country, performing with contemporary artists from the Australian stage and screen. Equally informed by her compositional training and her contemporary improvisational language, her piano voice is known for its unique expansiveness, stylistic versatility, emotional directness, and lyricism.

Kym Alexandra Dillon website