Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music - The Capital

Bendigo
International
Festival of
Exploratory
Music
september 12-15, 2013
bifem.com.au

“You can never cross the ocean until you
have the courage to lose sight of the shore”
Christopher Columbus
Bendigo is a city founded on exploration and discovery. With a spirit of independence, openness to new ideas,
and with a people recognised for their generosity and grace, Bendigo is the perfect home for this new festival.
BIFEM’s mission is to give the citizens of and visitors to our city access to the most innovative and virtuosic concert
music from all around the world. In this first edition, music from 15 different countries will be performed across three
recitals, eight concerts, two talks, a lecture, a workshop and a vernissage. Of these 16 elements, five are free, and
nine are about the price of a cinema ticket. BIFEM’s promise is clear: our doors are open to you, if your ears and
minds are open to us. Come explore.
David Chisholm
Founder and Artistic Director, BIFEM
WHO’S WHO IN BENDIGO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF
EXPLORATORY MUSIC, 2013
COMPOSERS
Pierluigi BILLONE, Italy
Elliot CARTER, U.S.A.
David CHISHOLM, Australia
Daniel D’ADAMO, Argentina
Franco DONATONI, Italy
Hugues DUFOURT, France
Samuel DUNSCOMBE, Australia
Morton FELDMAN, U.S.A.
Fernando GARNERO, Argentina
Alexander GARSDEN, Australia
Vinko GLOBOKAR, France
MUSICIANS
Justine ANDERSON, Soprano (Six Degrees)
Jessica ASZODI, Soprano
Aaron BARNDEN, Violin
Mauricio CARRASCO, Electric Guitar
Matteo CESARI, Flute
Tom CHUI, Violin (Flux)
Ysolt CLARK, Horn
James CUDDEFORD, Violin (Offspring)
Peter DE JAGER, Piano
Melissa DOECKE, Flute
Peter DUMSDAY, Piano
Samuel DUNSCOMBE, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Claire EDWARDES, Percussion (Offspring)
Aviva ENDEAN, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Felix FAN, Cello (Flux)
Raffaele GRIMALDI, Italy
Hans Werner HENZE, Germany
Heinz HOLLIGER, Switzerland
Helmut LACHENMANN, Germany
Klaus LANG, Austria
Jeanette LITTLE, Australia
Alvin LUCIER, U.S.A.
Sergio LUQUE, Mexico
Ben MARKS, Australia
Lara MORCIANO, Italy
Luigi NONO, Italy
Emmanuel NUNES, Portugal
Jessica FOTINOS, Harp
Alexander GARSDEN, Guitar
Phoebe GREEN, Viola (Six Degrees)
Callum G’FROERER, Trumpet
Judith HAMANN, Cello
Rowan HAMWOOD, Flute
Blair HARRIS, Cello
Conrad HARRIS, Violin (Flux)
Xina HAWKINS, Viola
Zachary JOHNSTON, Violin
Charles MACINNES, Bass Trombone
Max MANDEL, Viola (Flux)
Ben MARKS, Trombone
Kaylie MELVILLE, Percussion
Peter NEVILLE, Percussion (Six Degrees)
Jason NOBLE, Clarinet (Offspring)
Mauricio PAULY, Costa Rica
Rohan PHILLIPS, Australia
Alex POZNIAK, Australia
Damien RICKETSON, Australia
Fausto ROMITELLI, Italy
James RUSHFORD, Australia
Giacinto SCELSI, Italy
Salvatore SCIARRINO, Italy
Matthew SHLOMOWITZ, Australia
Tristram WILLIAMS, Australia
Iannis XENAKIS, Greece
Joji YUASA, Japan
Benjamin OPIE, Oboe/Cor Anglais
Maxime PASCAL, Conductor
Timothy PHILLIPS, Percussion
James RUSHFORD, Piano
Ashley SMITH, Clainet/Bass Clarinet
Kim TAN, Contrasbass Flute
Bree VAN REYK, Percussion (Offspring)
Elizabeth WELSH, Violin/Baroque Violin
Tristram WILLIAMS, Trumpet
with
Rod COOPER, Artist
Paul FLETCHER, Artist
Benjamin KOLAITIS, Artist
Alistair NOBLE, Lecturer
Dean STANTON, Artist
Natascha STELLMACH, Artist
FESTIVAL STAFF
David CHISHOLM, Founder
and Artistic Director
Glyn CRYER, Chair
Marina MILANKOVIC,
Production Manager
Loretta GIBSON, Partnerships
and Marketing Consultant
Mauricio CARRASCO, Artistic Associate
Tristram WILLIAMS, Additional
Programming
GOOD ONE, Festival Identity and Design
BIFEM THANKS
Stephen ADAMS
Jude ANDERSON
John BECKETT
Deborah BLAKE
Owen DAVIES
Julian DAY
Bronwyn DERHAM
Margot FALCONER
Nicole FERRIE
Leanne FITZGIBBON
Marcus GARDNER
Elliott GYGER
Stephen HENDERSON
John HIGGS
Geoff Hocking
Scott HYATT
Robert JOHANSON
Jacoba KELLY
David LLOYD
Kathyrn MCKENZIE
Timothy MOSS
Clare NEEDHAM
Peter NEVILLE
Paul NORTHAM
Gail McNAULTY
Bron PHILLIPS
Rohan PHILLIPS
Nicole PRETTY
Thomas REINER
David RICHARDSON
Gianna ROSICA
Clive SCOTT
Jacques SODDELL
Karen SUTHERLAND
Keith SUTHERLAND
David TYZACK
Verena WÜsthoff
Eva ZÖLLNER
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KEY
VP
Victorian Premiere
AP
Australian Premiere
WP
World Premiere

ARGONAUT
ARGONAUT ENSEMBLE
(Bendigo)
Argonaut is a new, flexible roster of virtuosi who will perform as BIFEM’s core
ensemble. The inaugural trilogy of concerts, exclusive to Bendigo, is full of Australian
premiere performances with Opening Night and Argonaut in Italy featuring the
Australian début of exceptional young French conductor Maxime Pascal.
7.30pm THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12
All Tickets $30
OPENING CONCERT: ARGONAUT
Bendigo Bank Theatre and Capital Theatre
Spiral Forth (2013) feat. Timothy Phillips
Cerclé (2009) feat. Ashley Smith
Tussilage (2011)
Seven Little Miracles (2008)
Continuity Girl (2008) feat. Benjamin Opie
Con tentáculos. No patente pero subpatente (2011)
VP
AP
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Alex POZNIAK
Daniel D’ADAMO
James RUSHFORD
David CHISHOLM
Fernando GARNERO
Mauricio PAULY
8.30pm FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13
Tickets $20/$15
CONCERT: ARGONAUT IN ITALY
Capital Theatre
Alis (1998)
Trash TV Trance (2002) feat. Mauricio Carrasco
Kya (1959) feat. Ashley Smith
Rima (1983) feat. Peter de Jager
Metamorphic Shady Diary (2011-12)
AP
VP
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Lara MORCIANO
Fausto ROMITELLI
Giacinto SCELSI
Franco DONATONI
Raffaele GRIMALDI
2.30pm SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15
FREE EVENT
CONCERT: ARGONAUT BRASS QUINTET
(Ysolt Clark, Callum G’Froerer, Charles MacInnes,
Ben Marks and Tristram Williams)
Rosalind Park Rotunda
Retracing II/Retracing III/Retracing V (2009/2011)
Assembly (2013)
Fragmente aus einer Show (1971)
Brass Quintet (2013)
Discours VII (1987)
Brass Quintet (1974)
WP
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Elliot CARTER
Ben MARKS and
Tristram WILLIAMS
Hans Werner HENZE
Rohan PHILLIPS
Vinko GLOBOKAR
Elliot CARTER
Opening Night and Argonaut in Italy are supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria,
The Robert Salzer Foundation and have been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia
Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Argonaut Brass Quintet is supported by the Strategem Financial Group Community Foundation.
Image: Maxime Pascal © Le Balcon.
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ecitals
ELIZABETH WELSH, Violin
and Baroque Violin
(Melbourne)
With an equal passion for new music and early music, Violinist Elizabeth
Welsh brings these worlds together in an exciting concert that features
the world premiere of works by two important new compositional voices,
Jeanette Little and Alexander Garsden (who will join Elizabeth as guitarist).
Welsh also makes her performance début of the legendary Sciarrino Sei
Capricci (Six Caprices) the most significant breakaway work for solo violin
of the 20th Century.
12.30pm SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14
Tickets $20/$15
RECITAL: Elizabeth WELSH
Bendigo Bank Theatre
Fou (2013) feat. Alexander Garsden
Law II (2013)
Interludio from De la incertidumbre (2005)
Sei Capricci (1976)
WP
WP
AP
Jeanette LITTLE
Alexander GARSDEN
Sergio LUQUE
Salvatore SCIARRINO
Elizabeth Welsh’s recital is made possible thanks to BIFEM donors Joan and Barry Miskin.
Law II received support through Arts Victoria Arts Development, Project Grants.
See also www.sergioluque.com
SAMUEL DUNSCOMBE, Clarinet
(San Diego)
Samuel Dunscombe is fast becoming a Clarinettist and composer reputed for
his engaging, dynamic electro-acoustic recitals. In this BIFEM 2013 exclusive,
Dunscombe presents a terrific programme of mostly Australian premiere
performances that include his recent composition Poetic Cartography for Clarinet
and Rainforest, which has become a USA and Asian festival hit in 2013. Now based
in San Diego, this recital is a rare chance to see Dunscombe performing in Australia.
1.00pm SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15
Tickets $20/$15
RECITAL: SAMUEL DUNSCOMBE
Old Fire Station, Bendigo
Dal Niente (1970)
Still and Moving Lines of Silence
in Families of Hyperbolas (1972)
A Pierre, dell’azzurro silenzio inquietum,
(1985) feat. Kim Tan
Poetic Cartography (2013)
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Helmut LACHENMANN
Alvin LUCIER
Luigi NONO
Samuel DUNSCOMBE
Samuel Dunscombe’s recital is supported by Bendigo Bank.
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MATTEO CESARI, Flute
(Paris)
“Outstanding” Sunday Times
BIFEM in association with Bendigo Art Gallery is proud to present the Australian
début performance of Italian born virtuoso flautist Matteo Cesari in a dynamic
programme of works for solo flute and bass flute. Cesari has won awards and
scholarships including the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis in Darmstadt. Currently based
in France completing a doctorate at the Conservatoire in Paris and University Paris
IV Sorbonne, his teachers have included Mario Caroli and Sophie Cherrier. Cesari
has performed with ensembles including Ensembe Intercontemporain, L’Itinéraire
and Nieuw Ensemble and has worked with leading contemporary artists including
Pierre Boulez, Barbara Hannigan, Peter Eötvös, Salvatore Sciarrino, Ivan Fedele,
Brian Ferneyhough, Stefano Gervasoni, Bruno Mantovani and Michael Finnissy.
6.30pm FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13
Tickets $20/$15
RECITAL: Matteo CESARI
Bendigo Art Gallery
(t)air(e) (1980-83)
Terms of temporal detailing:
Homage to David Hockney (1989)
Duel à coups de gourdin (2008)
Aura (1983–1989)
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Heinz HOLLIGER (b.1939)
Joji YUASA (b.1929)
Hugues DUFOURT (b.1943)
Emmanuel NUNES (1941-2012)
Matteo Cesari’s recital at the Bendigo Art Gallery is made possible thanks to BIFEM donor Mr Glyn Cryer.
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Ensembles
SIX DEGREES
(Melbourne)
“Each sound in einfalt. stille. might be a collector’s item.” Los Angeles Times
The meditative work by Austrian composer Klaus Lang is another BIFEM
Australian premiere. With a post-Feldman sense of mood and time, Lang
creates a unique sound world, at once familiar and new, trance-like, yet electric.
Eloquently performed by Melbourne ensemble Six Degrees with guest flautist
Melissa Doecke, einfalt.stille (simplicity.quiet.) is a spellbinding work from
an important composer, whose work is mostly unheard outside Europe.
10.30pm FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13
Tickets $20/$15
CONCERT: SIMPLICITY.QUIET.
Bendigo Bank Theatre
einfalt.stille. (2001)
AP
Klaus LANG
This concert will be broadcast live on ABC Classic FM.
Latecomers will not be admitted.
Six Degrees’s concert is supported by Bendigo Bank.
ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING
(Sydney)
“A revelatory concert-going experience.” Resonate Magazine
Sydney exploratory music champions Ensemble Offspring appear
for the first time in regional Victoria presenting an energetic
concert structured as mini-portraits of the group’s two founding
composers and 20th century iconoclast Iannis Xenakis. Offspring
are joined in this programme by guest violinist James Cuddeford.
4.00pm SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14
Tickets $20/$15
CONCERT: SLOW FLIPPING HARMONIES
Bendigo Bank Theatre
Fractured Again Suite (2010)
Some Shade of Blue (2011)
Rebonds A/B (1987/1989)
Mikka/Mikka S (1971/1975)
Slow Flipping Harmony (2006)
Letter Piece 8 (Sit up Stand down) (2013)
Damien RICKETSON
Damien RICKETSON
Iannis XENAKIS
Iannis XENAKIS
Matthew SHLOMOWITZ
Matthew SHLOMOWITZ
Image: Christopher Hayles © 2009.
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FLUX QUARTET
(New York)
“...New York’s highly respected FLUX Quartet has built its reputation by
handling the most daunting challenges set forth by contemporary composers...”
Billboard Magazine
“Feldman’s legacy is in good hands with the Flux Quartet...” The New York Times
BIFEM proudly presents the exclusive Australasian premiere of US composer
Morton Feldman’s epic String Quartet No.2. This quartet, which plays without
break for more than six hours, is a free event for audiences to come and go,
or to settle in for a once in a lifetime experience. This concert will be one of
the most talked about Australian musical events of the year.
6.00pm SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14
FREE EVENT
CONCERT: FLUX/FELDMAN 2
Capital Theatre
String Quartet No.2 (1983)
AP
Morton FELDMAN
Flux Quartet is presented by The Capital - Bendigo’s Performing Arts Centre.
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special events
1+1=1
(Melbourne/San Diego)
“One drop plus one drop makes a bigger drop, not two.” Tarkovsky, Nostalghia
An intense electric hour of this work by Italian composer Pierluigi Billone
makes for an unforgettable inaugural BIFEM midnight show. 1+1=1 showcases
the remarkable talent of clarinettists Aviva Endean (also playing with
Argonaut) and Samuel Dunscombe (a BIFEM 2013 featured Recitalist)
following their successful collaboration at Tokyo Wonder Site Academy this
year. Dunscombe and Endean present this dramatic Bass Clarinet duo under
BIFEM’s special events umbrella.
MIDNIGHT FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13
All tickets $20
DUO: Aviva Endean and Samuel Dunscombe
Old Fire Station
1+1=1 for 2 Bass Clarinets (2006)
AP
Pierluigi BILLONE (b.1960)
NATASCHA STELLMACH
(MELBOURNE/Berlin)
In 2008 Natascha Stellmach installed a joint in a commercial Berlin gallery,
containing the alleged ashes of Kurt Cobain. An international call was sent
out – via press release – inviting six members of the public to join her in a
private, undocumented ritual to explore commemoration and attachment.
This ignited public and media furore and interest. Complete Burning Away
investigates the emotional responses associated with idolatry and
critiques the role of the artist, the media and contemporary art in
society. This site-specific installation includes six of the ten works.
Presented by La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, BIFEM is proud
to host the vernissage of this talented, dynamic Australian artist
and her important work under our special events umbrella.
2.00pm SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14
FREE EVENT
VERNISSAGE: Complete Burning Away:
(the ashes of Kurt Cobain)
Featuring an encore performance of Mauricio Carrasco
performing Fausto Romitelli’s Trash TV Trance
La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre
Exhibition runs 14 September – 20 October, 2013
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Image: Natascha Stellmach, Guitar used in Scream, 2010, 4-channel video,
sound, 4:40 min. © the artist, Courtesy of Wagner+Partner Berlin.

ALISTAIR NOBLE
(Canberra)
5.00pm SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14
FREE EVENT
PUBLIC LECTURE: ON MORTON FELDMAN
Auditorium, La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre
HANDMADE MUSIC
(Melbourne/Bendigo)
11:30am SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14
FREE EVENT
TALK: HANDMADE MUSIC
Bendigo Art Gallery
Australian-born pianist, composer and musicologist
Alistair Noble has taught at The Australian National
University since 2006, where he has also served as
Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Social
Sciences. His primary research area is mid-20th century
music, with a special focus on the work of Morton
Feldman, Stefan Wolpe and Edgard Varèse. Drawing
from his new book Composing Ambiguity: The Early
Music of Morton Feldman, Dr Noble will discuss the
remarkable consistency of Feldman’s compositional
method, tracing links in compositional language from
his early works in the 1950s to his late works of the
1980s, including the Second String Quartet.
Join artists Benjamin Kolaitis, Rod Cooper, Paul
Fletcher & Dean Stanton for a fun, interactive and
information-rich presentation exploring how musical
instrumentation has been influenced by technological
change, and what it means to re-design new forms
of musical instruments in a world now bursting at the
seams with technology, resource and waste. This event
is presented by Bendigo Art Gallery in partnership
with Experimenta Media Arts, to coincide with the
exhibition Experimenta Speak to Me (7 September –
13 October 2013) and appears under BIFEM’s special
events umbrella. Bookings required. Call 5434 6088.
This free public lecture is made possible thanks to
BIFEM donor Commissioner Leigh Johns.
OpenLAB
(Melbourne)
2.30pm-5.00pm SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14
All tickets $30 (12 participants only)
WORKSHOP: MY LITTLE OSCILLATOR
Old Fire Station
11:30am SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15
FREE EVENT
TALK: WE’RE HERE TO SHARE
La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre
BIFEM invites you to spend Saturday afternoon with
Benjamin Kolaitis and Richie Cyngler from OpenLAB,
learning how to build your own mini Synthesiser.
Make a simple oscillator and learn how to control
it using all manner of weird and wonderful things like
pot plants, light and even touch! All you need is some
imagination and enthusiasm. All workshop materials
provided.
OpenLAB explores the wonderful world of creative
electronics and programming. Find out about Kinect
midi controllers combined with Virtual Reality visuals,
electronic crickets that live with nature, synthesisers
controlled by plants and some history to the important
roles opensource and DIY communities have in creative
exploration. OpenLAB is a monthly forum, based
in Melbourne, where artists, musicians, engineers,
performers and designers can come together and share
their work and creative passions. BIFEM 2013 is proud
to present Open LAB’s Talk and Workshop.
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CLosing concert
JESSICA ASZODI
(San Diego)
“A voice that can take you places” San Diego Herald Tribune
“Brilliant, assured and consistently thrilling” The Age
Soprano sensation Jessica Aszodi continues to forge a stellar career
as a unique and dexterous voice of power and beauty. Aszodi returns
to Australia for an exclusive Bendigo performance of her lauded
interpretation of Morton Feldman’s iconic work Three Voices.
Completed the year before Feldman’s Second String Quartet, Three
Voices is the perfect piece to close BIFEM 2013: an echo of the
previous night’s epic quartet, and a foreshadowing of technology-led
works that will form a core part of the BIFEM 2014 programme.
4.00pm SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15
Tickets $20/$15
CLOSING CONCERT: THREE VOICES
Bendigo Bank Theatre
Three Voices (1982)
AP
Morton FELDMAN
Jessica Aszodi’s appearance is supported by Bendigo Bank.
Image: © Samuel Dunscombe.
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PMS 1807 RED
PMS 432 GREY
PMS 142 GOLD
FESTIVAL GRID
date / time event name venue finish cost
Thursday September 12 / 7.30Pm Opening Concert: Argonaut The Capital 8.40Pm $30
Friday September 13 / 6.30Pm Recital: Matteo Cesari Bendigo Art Gallery 8.00PM $20/15
Friday September 13 / 8.30Pm Concert: Argonaut In Italy The Capital 9.45Pm $20/15
Friday September 13 / 10.30Pm Concert: Simplicity.Quiet. Bendigo Bank Theatre 11.30Pm $20/15
Friday September 13 / Midnight Duo: 1+1=1 Old Fire Station 1.10Am $20
Saturday September 14 / 11.30Am Talk: Handmade Music Bendigo Art Gallery 12.15Pm Free
Saturday September 14 / 12.30Pm Recital: Elizabeth Welsh Bendigo Bank Theatre 1.30Pm $20/15
Saturday September 14 / 2.00Pm Vernissage: Natascha Stellmach La Trobe University
4.00Pm Free
Visual Arts Centre
Saturday September 14 / 2.30Pm Workshop: My Little Oscillator Old Fire Station 5.00Pm $30
Saturday September 14 / 4.00Pm Concert: Slow Flipping Harmonies Bendigo Bank Theatre 5.00Pm $20/15
Saturday September 14 / 5.00Pm Lecture: On Morton Feldman La Trobe University
5.30Pm Free
Visual Arts Centre
Saturday September 14 / 6.00Pm Concert: Flux/Feldman 2 The Capital Midnight Free
Sunday September 15 / 11.30Am Talk: We’re Here To Share La Trobe University
12.30Pm Free
Visual Arts Centre
Sunday September 15 / 1.00Pm Recital: Samuel Dunscombe Old Fire Station 2.00Pm $20/15
Sunday September 15 / 2.30Pm Concert: Argonaut Brass Quintet Rosalind Park Rotunda 3.30Pm Free
Sunday September 15 / 4.00Pm Closing Concert: Three Voices Bendigo Bank Theatre 5.00Pm $20/15
BROADCASTS
ABC Classic FM will broadcast much of the festival,
ensuring that listeners who are unable to make it along
in person, can nonetheless enjoy the spoils of BIFEM 2013.
date / time
event name
Friday September 13 / 8.30Pm Concert: Argonaut In Italy
Friday September 13 / 10.30Pm Concert: Simplicity.Quiet.
Saturday September 14 / 10.30Pm Concert: Flux/Feldman 2
Monday September 16 / 9.00PM Opening Concert: Argonaut
Wednesday September 18 / 9.00PM Concert: Slow Flipping Harmonies
Friday September 20 / 10.30PM Recital: Samuel Dunscombe
Closing Concert: Three Voices
Saturday September 21 / 10.30PM Recital: Elizabeth Welsh
TICKETS
Tickets can be purchased online at www.bifem.com.au, by calling 03 5434 6100
or in person at The Capital box office The Capital Bendigo’s Performing Arts
Centre, 50 View Street, Bendigo. Many ticketed events have strictly limited
numbers, so book early to avoid disappointment. Free events are unticketed
and patrons are not guaranteed entry beyond venue capacity. Latecomers will
not be admitted until there is a suitable break in the performance.
BARNARD ST
ROWAN ST
FOREST ST
FOREST ST
La Trobe
University
Visual
Arts
Centre
MACKENZIE ST
HIGH ST
HIGH ST
VIEW STREET
VIEW ST
Queen
Elizabeth
Oval
Old Fire Station
The Capital including
Bendigo Bank Theatre
Bendigo Art Gallery
Rosalind
Park Rotunda
PALL MALL PALL MALL
BIFEM 2013 is a festival with free and low cost events made possible only through the support of:
PRESENTATION PARTNER:
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS:
COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
EXCLUSIVE 5-STAR
HOTEL PARTNER:
PHILANTHROPIC
PARTNER:
MEDIA PARTNERS:
FESTIVAL VENUES:
MARKETING SUPPORT:
PRIVATE DONORS: Glyn Cryer, Joan and Barry Miskin, Cmr. Leigh Johns, Marina Milankovic and David Chisholm.
Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music will return September 4 - 7, 2014