I Awake – Sarah Blasko with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
The captivating Sarah Blasko will take I Awake on the road in February 2013 for a national tour and it’s set to be a big affair. Blasko will perform with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, kicking off the national tour in Adelaide on 1 February.
After three platinum multi-award winning albums, Sarah Blasko returns home to Australia to embark upon her most ambitious and majestic project yet. I Awake, Sarah’s fourth album released in October 2012, was recorded in Stockholm and Bucharest with the 52-piece Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra.
Sarah has won two ARIA Awards for ‘Best Female’ and ‘Best Pop Album’ and also triple j’s J Award in 2009 for ‘Australian Album of the Year’. She has been nominated for a further 14 ARIAs (including two for ‘Album of the Year’) and has been shortlisted for two Australian Music Prizes and the 2006 J Award.
Already acclaimed by critics as her masterpiece, the tour will showcase songs from I Awake as well as songs from her previous repertoire.
I Awake is a grand statement from one of the country’s most unique and respected artists.
The national tour is presented by triple j and Street Press Australia.
“a perfectly pitched affair, balancing introspection with wry eccentricity to conjure up something intimate yet poppy, delicate yet emotionally full-blooded.” The Daily Telegraph, UK
“a defining, unsettling masterpiece” Rolling Stone
What: I Awake – Sarah Blasko with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
When: 1 February
Venue: Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
Hours: 8pm
Cost: Premium $95, Adult $85, Conc/Student $75, GreenRoom $42.50, Groups 6+ $80,
Season subscription Adult $80, Concession $70
Bookings: BASS 131 246 or online at www.bass.net.au
For further information visit: www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au
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