It’s all about the Sydney Festival! Madeleine Easton interviews Olivia Ansell, the Artistic Director of the Sydney Festival along side the multi-instrumentalist and composer Benjamin Skepper‪.‬ Talking Bach

Welcome to our first podcast of 2024! This year you’ll be getting a podcast every month hosted by Artistic Director Madeleine Easton. She’ll be interviewing a huge range of personalities including internationally famous musicians who have close relationships with Bach, as well as scholars and professionals from all walks of life who relate to Bach’s genius.
In our first podcast of 2024, Madeleine Easton interviews Olivia Ansell, the Artistic Director of the Sydney Festival along side the multi-instrumentalist and composer Benjamin Skepper. Olivia and Benjamin have co-curated a festival within a festival titled ’TEMPERAMENT’ - a week-long celebration and deconstruction of Bach, paying homage to the revolutionary advances his music enabled and its influence on modern composers. They have invited Bach Akademie Australia to kick off this exciting week of Bach in this year’s Sydney Festival with 2 performances on the 23rd and 24th of January.