Surfers, runners and early starters are
in for a treat as Russian horn player Arkady Shilkloper brings his giant
alphorn to iconic Sydney sites for a series of dawn callings.
These serenades to the sun will take place on beaches, ferries and city sites in the early hours, as Shilkloper helps you greet the new day.
A masterful performer, Shilkloper has played solo and with Moscow Art
Trio (Sydney Festival 2009), the Vienna Art Orchestra and many more.
HE HAS played his three-metre long alphorn at dawn on Bondi
Beach, aboard the Manly ferry, in Hyde Park and even alongside the giant
rubber duck temporarily berthed at Darling Harbour.
But on Wednesday morning, Russian alphorn player Arkady Shilkloper played atop the most recognisable Sydney location of all: the largest sail of the Sydney Opera House. Cutting a tiny figure from below, the multi-instrumentalist performed as part of the Sydney Festival as the city woke to a perfect summer's day.
''It's quite a special feeling because the audience is very enthusiastic,'' Moscow-born Shilkloper said of performing at sunrise. ''It's not just people who come by accident.''
"I Try to find the best place for acoustics and visual look'' ... the repertoire of Russian alphorn player Arkady Shilkloper ranges from traditional Swiss songs to improvisational jazz.
Of his choice of Sydney locations, Shilkloper said: ''I try to find the best place for acoustics and visual look. It's kind of an improvisation.
''It was not easy to play on a [ferry]. The boat was swinging with the waves and it wasn't a musical kind of swinging. It was not stable.
''But I still played from Manly beach back to Sydney."
The 56-year-old began his music career at six, playing the alto horn in a brass orchestra in Moscow. He has been lauded by his musical peers for playing that ''[goes] places that horn players aren't supposed to go without a net, map, seatbelt, crash helmet, overhead air support and a note from their mothers''.
Shilkloper's alphorn repertoire ranges from traditional Swiss songs to improvisational jazz. Each year, he gives about 100 masterclasses to other musicians.
Shilkloper is not only a masterful player of the alphorn but several brass instruments and the didgeridoo.
Jeffrey Agrell, an associate professor of horn at the University of Iowa's school of music has said Shilkloper is ''simply the most creative hornist on the planet and one of the greatest horn players who has ever lived''.
Locations
Russian Alpenhorn player wakes Sydney
Meet Arkady Shilkloper, he is a master Alpenhorn player from Russia and is here for the Sydney festival to wake up the city with his melodic horn in Dawn Calling.But on Wednesday morning, Russian alphorn player Arkady Shilkloper played atop the most recognisable Sydney location of all: the largest sail of the Sydney Opera House. Cutting a tiny figure from below, the multi-instrumentalist performed as part of the Sydney Festival as the city woke to a perfect summer's day.
''It's quite a special feeling because the audience is very enthusiastic,'' Moscow-born Shilkloper said of performing at sunrise. ''It's not just people who come by accident.''
"I Try to find the best place for acoustics and visual look'' ... the repertoire of Russian alphorn player Arkady Shilkloper ranges from traditional Swiss songs to improvisational jazz.
Of his choice of Sydney locations, Shilkloper said: ''I try to find the best place for acoustics and visual look. It's kind of an improvisation.
Photo: Edwina Pickles
''It was not easy to play on a [ferry]. The boat was swinging with the waves and it wasn't a musical kind of swinging. It was not stable.
''But I still played from Manly beach back to Sydney."
The 56-year-old began his music career at six, playing the alto horn in a brass orchestra in Moscow. He has been lauded by his musical peers for playing that ''[goes] places that horn players aren't supposed to go without a net, map, seatbelt, crash helmet, overhead air support and a note from their mothers''.
Shilkloper's alphorn repertoire ranges from traditional Swiss songs to improvisational jazz. Each year, he gives about 100 masterclasses to other musicians.
Shilkloper is not only a masterful player of the alphorn but several brass instruments and the didgeridoo.
Jeffrey Agrell, an associate professor of horn at the University of Iowa's school of music has said Shilkloper is ''simply the most creative hornist on the planet and one of the greatest horn players who has ever lived''.
Locations
2.50 pm - Roof of Metro Apartments Darling Harbour
Thursday January 17th at 5.55am
The Corso (North Steyne Road, near stairs) Manly Beach
Friday January 18th at 6.05am
Royal Botanic Gardens (positioned on the grassy knoll looking overlooking overpass next to Art Gallery of NSW)
Saturday January 19th at 6.05am
Sydney International Regatta Centre Old Castlereagh Road, Penrith Lakes
Sydney International Regatta Centre Old Castlereagh Road, Penrith Lakes
Sunday January 20th at 06.00am
Bronte Beach Esplanade (outside Kiosk)
Bronte Beach Esplanade (outside Kiosk)
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