Music, NT Artist, Special Event Northern Territory
Santos Opening Night Concert
BUŊGUL
Gurrumul's Mother's Buŋgul Gurrumul's Grandmother’s Buŋgul Gurrumul's Manikay
With Darwin Symphony Orchestra
register your interestAfter the disappointment of last year, we are thrilled to finally be able to present our free opening night concert extravaganza, Buŋgul.
Experience the traditional songs, dances and paintings that inspired Gurumul’s album Djarrimirri (Child of the Rainbow), in a live performance by Yolŋu dancers, songmen and the Darwin Symphony Orchestra.
Created on country in North East Arnhem Land with the Yunupiŋu family, Buŋgul is a ceremonial celebration of Gurrrumul’s seminal final album, a landmark in Australian music. It transcends its author’s death and celebrates his life, by bringing together western music and his family’s musical and cultural traditions.
Djarimirri was Gurrumul’s final gift to the world. An astounding achievement of music acclaimed the world over, it presented traditional songs and harmonised chants from his Yolŋu life with hypnotic orchestral compositions. Now, in his honour, his family add a further cultural and immersive visual dimension to this historic work, performing the songlines that have forged their identity and every aspect of their existence since the beginning of time.
Pack a picnic, bring the family and make a night of it with food and drinks from our onsite vendors, as the Amphitheatre is transformed into a meeting place of dance, song and ritual for Buŋgul.
Music by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupiŋu, Erkki Veltheim & Michael Hohnen
Perth Festival and Skinnyfish give thanks and pay respects to the Yolŋu people of North East Arnhem land with whom this work has been created, and on whose country this work has been created. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, learn and work and pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders
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