FUTURE CLASSICS
This Sydney Opera House showcase celebrates the best of a new generation of musical creators, nurtured within Ensemble Offspring’s acclaimed Hatched Academy program of composer intensives and artist mentorship. Discover the Future Classics of new Australian art music in a program featuring exciting young pianist Ronan Apcar, our 2025 Hatched Emerging Performer, alongside our virtuosic Ensemble Offspring instrumentalists.
DETAILS
Saturday 22 November 3pm, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera HousePre Concert Talk 2:15pm
PROGRAM
2024 Hatched Alumni Commission - new work*
2025 Hatched Composer cohort - 4 new works*
Alice Chance - Odd Socks (2024)
* World premiere
Pre Concert Talk Host
Stephen Adams
PERFORMERS
Ronan Apcar (piano - Hatched Emerging Performer)
Lamorna Nightingale (flute)
Jason Noble (clarinet)
Benjamin Ward (double bass)
Niki Johnson (percussion)
Holly Harrison (lead mentor)
DESCRIPTION
The Ensemble Offspring Hatched Academy has been an incubator for the Australian music scene for more than a decade, with ‘fledglings’ having taken flight all over Australia, bringing fresh ideas and creative excellence to the vanguard of contemporary music.
In this Sydney Opera House showcase, our Hatched Composer Intensive and Emerging Performer residencies for 2025 come to fruition, and it’s your chance to discover the Future Classics of new Australian art music.
Hear world premieres from four of our nation’s most innovative young composers, composed especially for Ensemble Offspring under the guidance of 2025 mentor Holly Harrison. Featured on stage: exciting and versatile young pianist Ronan Apcar, our 2025 Hatched Emerging Performer, alongside our virtuosic Ensemble Offspring instrumentalists.
“Ensemble Offspring may be in the nurturing business but the fledglings in this…mentoring scheme, appropriately monikered ‘Hatched’, are seriously talented youngsters.”
“Always thought-provoking and never dull”
“Ensemble Offspring’s mission is not just honourable, but essential. In other words, they are not just doing the right thing, they are doing what is necessary for the survival of new music in Australia.”
“Ensemble Offspring are both giving to the future and also gaining from the energy and delight that these musicians bring to all they do”
“When it comes to championing new music, Ensemble Offspring walks the walk.”
