The Flowers of War – Participating Artists Christopher Latham and in 2017 he was appointed Artist in Ibrahim Karaisli Artistic Director, The Flowers of War Residence at the Australian War Memorial, Muezzin – Re-Sounding Gallipoli project the first musician to be appointed to that Ibrahim Karaisli is head of Amity College’s role. Religion and Values department. Author, arranger, composer, conductor, violinist, Christopher Latham has performed Alexander Knight his whole life: as a solo boy treble in Musicians Baritone – Re-Sounding Gallipoli St Johns Cathedral, Brisbane, then a Now a graduate of the Sydney decade of studies in the US which led to Singers Conservatorium of Music, Alexander was touring as a violinist with the Australian awarded the 2016 German-Australian Chamber Orchestra from 1992 to 1998, Andrew Goodwin Opera Grant in August 2015, and and subsequently as an active chamber Tenor – Sacrifice; Race Against Time CD; subsequently won a year-long contract with musician. He worked as a noted editor with The Healers; Songs of the Great War; the Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Australia’s best composers for Boosey and Diggers’ Requiem Germany. He has performed with many of Hawkes, and worked as Artistic Director Born in Sydney, Andrew Goodwin studied Australia’s premier ensembles, including for the Four Winds Festival (Bermagui voice at the St. Petersburg Conservatory the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, the Sydney 2004-2008), the Australian Festival of and in the UK. He has appeared with Chamber Choir, the Adelaide Chamber Chamber Music (Townsville 2005-2006), orchestras, opera companies and choral Singers and The Song Company. the Canberra International Music Festival societies in Europe, the UK, Asia and (CIMF 2009-2014) and the Village Building Australia, including the Bolshoi Opera, La Simon Lobelson Company’s Voices in the Forest (Canberra, Scala Milan and Opera Australia. On the Baritone – Race Against Time CD 2011-2017). He was Music Director of concert platform he has toured with the Born in Sydney of Egyptian parents and the ten-year cultural diplomacy project, St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, brought up in Brussels, Simon Lobelson The Gallipoli Symphony, an hour long work performed with the Moscow Chamber is the recipient of numerous awards created by twelve composers from Turkey, Orchestra, the Sydney Philharmonia and scholarships, and has worked as a Australia and New Zealand, telling the story Choirs and The Song Company, and given soloist in Australia, the Middle East, New of Gallipoli in music from these three sides. recitals with pianist Daniel de Borah at Zealand, Asia, the United Kingdom and Widely acclaimed, this work was nominated the Wigmore Hall. He has been a featured Europe. Simon has performed over 75 for both a Helpmann and an ARIA award. soloist at the Port Fairy, Huntington and operatic roles, and has sung with some of He is the director of the Flowers of War Canberra International Music Festivals, England and Australia’s finest ensembles, project (www.theflowersofwar.org), in the Flowers of War’s highly acclaimed including Song Company, ACO Voices, the fruit of over ten years’ research into Sacrifice tour of Australia and France, and Cantillation, BBC Singers and London the artistic contributions of composers, in the subsequent recording marking the Voices. He is also a lecturer and coach at musicians and artists who were killed, centenary of the Battle of the Somme. the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has injured or gravely affected by Great War. coached for Pinchgut Opera and has given His work during this time on the Australian David Hidden masterclasses in both Australia and China. composer Frederick Septimus Kelly DSC Baritone – Diggers’ Requiem; Songs of the (1881-1916) has led to the recovery of Great War Louise Page OAM numerous missing manuscripts including A graduate from the Opera School of the Soprano – The Man who Painted Blue the Gallipoli Violin Sonata and a number of Sydney Conservatorium, David Hidden Horses; Three Treasures; Race Against Time songs. He has received numerous awards has performed with a number of small (concert & CD); 1917; Lost Jewels for his contributions to music, including the opera companies in Sydney. He recently Louise Page is well known to Canberra Canberra Critics’ Circle Artist of the Year appeared with The Song Company in the audiences and has performed throughout award in 2013, Canberra’s Centenary year, Sydney Festival. David sings regularly Australia and Europe with groups such as and in 2015, an Honorary Doctorate from with Cantillation, and has appeared in the Vienna State Opera, Musica Viva, the the University of Canberra. In 2016 he was productions of Pinchgut Opera. He has ABC, the Australian Festival of Chamber named Chevalier of the Order of Arts and recorded numerous WWI songs for the Music, and the Canberra International Letters by the French Ministry of Culture, AWM’s and the Flowers of War’s Songs of Music Festival. Among other awards, she the Great War project. 132 Flowers of the Great War was the inaugural winner of the Mietta’s appeared in performance throughout the is currently the Pipe Sergeant at The City of Song Recital Competition, and the Belgian UK, Europe, the USA and Australia. She has Newcastle Pipe Band, where he first learned Radio and Television Opera en Bel Canto sung as a soloist at the Royal Albert Hall, his trade as a Piper. ‘City of Ghent’ Prize. In 2007 she received a Westminster Abbey, Canterbury Cathedral Canberra Critics’ Circle award for music and and in recital at the Wigmore Hall, the Caroline Almonte was named the Canberra Times Artist of the Temple Square and the Paris Conservatoire Piano – Race Against Time CD; Year. She has recorded nine CDs of music and in roles with Glyndebourne Festival The Healers varying from lieder to operetta, premieres of Opera, Wexford Festival Opera, Belfast Melbourne-born pianist Caroline Almonte Australian music, and Christmas songs. In Opera and the State Opera of South has won numerous awards, has recorded 2013 she received an OAM for services to Australia. Christina is currently a core and produced for the ABC and teaches the performing arts. member of Songmakers Australia. She has piano at the University of Melbourne. She recorded for ABC Classics and is broadcast has performed in Europe, the US, China, Simone Riksman regularly on ABC Classic FM. Japan, Canada and South America, at the Soprano – The Man who Painted Blue Edinburgh Festival and at major festivals in Horses; The Healers; Diggers’ Requiem Australian War Memorial Choir – Australia. She has played under conductors Simone Riksman has performed music Diggers’ Requiem Nicholas Braithwaite, Oleg Caetani, Hiroyuki since the age of 9 at the highest level, Choirmaster: Tobias Cole; Iwaki, Richard Mills, Benjamin Northey, starting in Holland and then throughout Choir Manager: Beverley Payne David Porcelijn and Markus Stenz. Her Europe and the world. After an education chamber partners have included, among rooted in the Dutch music tradition, she Luminescence Chamber Singers – others, Ralph Kirshbaum, Yvonne Kenny, Ian went on to become a leading solo artist Lost Jewels Munro, Li-Wei Qin, Merlyn Quaife and Miki with Switzerland’s Theater St Gallen. She Luminescence Chamber Singers is a Tsunoda. appeared to great acclaim in the 2010 virtuosic chamber music ensemble and 2014 Canberra International Music comprised of eight young vocalists. Festivals, her performance in the Triumph Since the ensemble’s earliest iteration in Ozan Arslan of the Heart concert being honoured with 2013, Luminescence has quickly gained Baglama – Gallipoli Symphony a 2014 Canberra Critics’ Circle award. a reputation for presenting exciting and Ozan Arslan studied baglama and Turkish She is well known for her deep musicality excellent singing. In addition to being Folk Music at the Department of Music in and profoundly emotionally moving soloists as well as choristers, many the State Conservatory of Istanbul Technical performances. Luminescence artists are also conductors, University. He is well known as a teacher of composers, instrumentalists and teachers. baglama and has performed with many of Adrian Tamburini Turkey’s most famous singers. Bass – Race Against Time CD St Joseph’s College and Adrian Tamburini’s operatic debut in 1997 All Hallows’ School Gallipoli Choir Michael Askill began a varied career as an operatic soloist Gallipoli Symphony Percussion – Gallipoli Symphony (Opera Australia, West Australian Opera, Directors: Tim Sherlock and Bernadette Michael Askill is a percussionist, composer, Melbourne Opera), a concert performer Debattista musical director, musical ambassador (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Zelman and educator acclaimed for his enduring Symphony Orchestra, Sydney University The Australian Voices contribution to the Australian contemporary Graduate Choir) and Musical Director. Gallipoli Symphony music landscape and his original blending In 2017 Adrian won Australia’s most Artistic Director: Gordon Hamilton; of Asian and Western sounds. Before prestigious professional operatic prize, Assistant Chorusmasters: Zoe Penman and embarking on a successful independent the Australian Opera Awards. Adrian has Andrew Firth career, he was Principal Timpanist with the worked overseas, and is proud to have sung Melbourne Symphony and then Principal in every state and territory in Australia. Percussionist with the Sydney Symphony Instrumentalists Orchestra. He has composed for the Christina Wilson Opening Ceremonies of the