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<strong>Style</strong> | interview 15<br />
How do you describe your music?<br />
our music is definitely an eclectic mix of classical and contemporary<br />
music. of course, our primary discipline is opera/classical, so we try<br />
to mix old-school favourites in a way that respects both genres. our<br />
music is filled with our own personalities – you can hear the humour,<br />
you can hear the drama, you can hear the ‘sol3 mio-ness’ if you<br />
will... that’s what i think makes our music, ours. our music is nostalgic<br />
sentiment in a song, but also emotionally driven and powerfully<br />
stirring. – Pene<br />
Opera tends to be quite serious, yet Sol3 Mio is known for taking<br />
a more relaxed approach. Do you think this has made opera more<br />
accessible to a wider audience?<br />
Absolutely. this is the key to appealing to a ‘newer’ audience. People<br />
believe in a stereotype about opera being stand-offish, upper-class<br />
and for the chosen few, and that’s what stops them from having a<br />
taste. But classical music is in everyday life, through tV, movies and<br />
jingles – people just don’t know that. By taking opera and making<br />
people realise this, we instantly have access to this wider audience.<br />
opera has been going through the ages. why? Because it’s a movie<br />
in song format. we lose this appeal in today’s music. A relaxed<br />
approach on opera reassures the audience that this music can be for<br />
everyone. we invite everyone to our world and make them realise<br />
that this has been a part of their life too, they just didn’t know it.<br />
– Pene<br />
What has been your career highlight?<br />
A career highlight has to be becoming an Adler Fellow with san<br />
Francisco opera – very privileged to be a part of such a prestigious<br />
programme and an amazing company. with sol3 mio, performing<br />
at Vector Arena, as it was always a goal that we wanted to achieve.<br />
it’s a blessing to be able to achieve what you set out to do, and it’s<br />
definitely a milestone that we will never forget. – Amitai<br />
What is your favourite Christmas carol, and why?<br />
my favourite carol will have to be Shepherd’s Pipe Carol. i sang this as<br />
a chorister with the Graduate Choir NZ, and it’s always been a carol<br />
i’ve enjoyed performing and listening to. listening to it also brings<br />
back some good memories of me and my brother trying to learn<br />
to read music and sing in time for the first time. Carol singing had a<br />
huge impact on our development as musicians. – Amitai<br />
Who is the biggest comedian of the group?<br />
i don’t classify myself as a comedian at all, and if i do crack a joke<br />
it’ll usually be for my own amusement, in which i will laugh over and<br />
over again! You’ll have to have the Pati boys fight for that title.<br />
– Moses<br />
Who inspires you?<br />
i always say that if you don’t want to do something because you’re<br />
nervous, scared, unconfident... then do it for someone who can’t.<br />
– Moses<br />
“Our music is filled with our own<br />
personalities – you can hear the humour,<br />
you can hear the drama, you can hear the<br />
‘Sol3 Mio-ness’ if you will...” – Pene Pati
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