I will be bringing ‘Wide Asleep’ to Sydney Sat 10th Sep and Melbourne Thurs 22nd Sep with my beautiful strings –  Peter Hollo (Cello) and Jay Kong (Violin)

Please Note:  MELBOURNE SHOW – Seated tickets have sold out however you can order and secure standing room tickets for the event by emailing info@pariscat.com.au

Event & Ticket Details can be found here: http://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/sophie-hutchings-wide-asleep-launch/88493

Join the event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/613022532190869/

Luke Howard who divides his time between Europe and Australia will be opening the evening with his ever gorgeously known piano style to set the scene…

MELBOURNE LAUNCH: Paris Cat Thurs 22nd Sep
Situated at Goldie place. Hosting a lovely Grand Piano, Paris Cat is a little hub of arts culture. The gorgeous little 3 story warehouse was built in 1895 and the French chic decor makes for a beautiful bit of cosy ambience

Tickets: https://www.rollerdigital.com/pariscat/#/event/1039/78535/20160922

SYDNEY LAUNCH: Glebe Justice Centre Sat 10th Sep
Performed by candle light, this will be an extra special evening as it will include beautiful visuals set to Wide Asleeps live performance. It’s a BYO venue so you can bring whatever poison you fancy and settle in for the evening. It’s so relaxed you can bring a bean bag if you really want to!.. It’s one of the only Sydney venues you can lay and listen…. Limited lounges available so get in early to secure a place for your derrière!……

 

With Wide Asleep, Hutchings has taken her compositional scope into larger realms of sound and feeling. It is her most searching work, based on ideas on consciousness between sleep and wakefulness. In her most dazzling and poignant pieces to date, Hutchings’ piano lines extend with both electricity and elegance, winding through strings, textured ambience and through beauty and vitality. Reaching further with her music than ever before……

PRESS:

‘Sophie has already established herself as one of the foremost composers in the hazily-defined arena of modern classical’ – Tone Deaf Magazine

‘Hutchings’ storytelling is powerful and often sublime’ BERNARD ZUEL Sydney Morning Herald & The Age

‘Hutchings’ ability to work in the light as eloquently as she explores darkness marks this album as her most expansive and resonant work to date’ – Chris Familton The Music

‘Expect to hear pins drop as she plays’ –  Sydney Metro

SAT 7th JUNE 14

“Glebe Justice Centre is an unique venue, a place where you can find yourself a comfy lounge in a relaxed lamplit atmosphere with your own BYO drink & hear the essence in the music”

TICKETS: http://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/sophie-hutchings-a-night-of-piano-and-strings/71433

Join Sophie Hutching’s “A night of Piano and Strings” in the cosy lounge-like atmosphere of Glebe Justice Centre – 37 St Johns Rd (Formerly Cafe Church). Special guests to be announced….

STIRRING, VIGOROUS, GRANDLY MELODIC. MOJO

A SENSE OF GENUINE BEAUTY. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

NIGHT SKY IS THE SOUNDTRACK TO A FILM TOO HEARTBREAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL TO EXIST. MESS & NOISE

Compared with the likes of Michael Nyman, Max Richter and Nils Frahm, Sydney pianist Sophie Hutchings gained much critical acclaim worldwide for her stunning music. Her debut album Becalmed scored a spot in UK music bible Mojo’s top 5 independent releases for 2010 and she continued to establish her unique presence with the 2012 album, Night Sky. Balancing a beautiful fragility with a deeper sense of urgency creates a striking charge to Hutchings’ work with a lightness of touch making for many shades set within Hutchings’ beguiling vision. Hutchings is currently writing for a third album, to be recorded with The Necks’ producer of choice, Tim Whitten.

Melbourne Recital Centre – Olafur Arnalds with Sophie Hutchings

http://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2014/olafurarnalds/