Australian Youth Orchestra: Beautiful Equations

Australian Youth Orchestra: Beautiful Equations

Did you know music contains triangles, rectangles and curves? Maths is everywhere in music: in its structure and patterns – and, if you know where to look, music is in maths.

Stravinsky, composer of The Rite of Spring and The Firebird, said “The musician should find in mathematics a study as useful to (them) as the learning of another language is to a poet. Mathematics swims seductively just below the surface.”

Internationally acclaimed saxophone virtuoso Jonathan Radford and Prof. Yang-Hui He, a Fellow at the London Institute specialising in AI-guided mathematics will take you on an immersive journey through sound and space, communicating complex mathematics to non-specialist audiences in an interactive performance featuring the Australian premiere of award-winning composer, Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Three Mathematical Diversions.

Featuring the talented young musicians of the Australian Youth Orchestra’s Momentum Ensemble, develop an appreciation of equations which, like great art or music, can be considered beautiful and can help us in finding the ‘Theory of Everything’.

 

 

Entry

Tickets: $35

Concession: $30

* A transaction fee of $7.50 applies.

Where

Playhouse Theatre, QPAC

South Brisbane

Age Recommendation

Suitable for all ages

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible. Phone 136 246 to discuss the best seating options for your
needs.

Australian Youth Orchestra: Beautiful Equations

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