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The entry foyer of MONA at the opening of Synaesthaesia 2012.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Synaesthesia is a feature of the human nervous system that causes a blending of the senses where one sense can be experienced as another. Colours can be experienced as letters and numbers, hearing music can trigger smells or tastes, touch can stimulate vision. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Only 1 in 2000 people experience the phenomenon of \u2018synaesthesia\u2019. Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, David Hockney,\u00a0Gy\u00f6rgy Ligeti, Franz Liszt,\u00a0Olivier Messiaen,\u00a0Marilyn Monroe,\u00a0Geoffrey Rush,\u00a0Vincent Van Gogh,\u00a0Stevie Wonder, Jan Sibelius and Lady Gaga are all renowned\u00a0synaesthetes.<\/p>\n

Following the very successful inaugural event Synaesthesia: Music of Colour and Mind<\/em> at the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania in 2012, the concept returns in 2014 with\u00a0\u00a0SYNAESTHESIA+,\u00a0<\/em>a collaboration between the Museum of Old and New Art and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra that takes visitors on a two-day journey through a private playground of music, colour and art. Directed by bass guitarist and curator Brian Ritchie and Marko Letonja,\u00a0Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Tasmanian Symphony, \u00a0SYNAESTHESIA+ will be an\u00a0experience\u00a0where music forms secret patterns in your mind and colours become an aural revelation; where a spectrum of visual, aural and culinary experiences gets you thinking about how you experience the sensory world around you.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be a journey of play, exploration and private immersion,\u201d says\u00a0SYNAESTHESIA+\u00a0co-Artistic Director Brian Ritchie. \u201cMusicians will play old and new music as they move through MONA\u2019s galleries, sparking differing levels of counterpoint. They will perform with custom-designed lighting installations as multiple musical themes happening simultaneously across different spaces.\u201d<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe\u00a0SYNAESTHESIA+\u00a0journey begins with a\u00a0special commission by Matthew Hindson, featuring 50 musicians from the TSO spread across MONA\u2019s subterranean levels and spaces,\u201d says TSO Chief Conductor and MONA Synaesthesia+ co-Artistic Director, Marko Letonja. \u201cIt will bring the entire museum into resonance in an unforgettable way before\u00a0Richard Tognetti immediately launches into one of 20th<\/sup>\u00a0century Romanian composer\u00a0Gy\u00f6rgy\u00a0Ligeti\u2019s fiendish difficult works.\u00a0Ligeti was himself a synaesthete.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Highlights include:<\/p>\n

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by\u00a0Marko Letonja<\/p>\n

Allison Bell \u2013 Schoenberg’s\u00a0Pierrot Lunaire<\/i><\/p>\n

David Dolan and musicians from ANAM – Bach improvisation project<\/p>\n

Genevieve Lacey and the TSO performing\u00a0Reinventions<\/i>\u00a0by Elena Kats-Chernin, and a solo show of music and lighting \u201cstrongly in the realm of the ecstatic\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Goldschlager \u2013 selected Bach cello suites<\/p>\n

Michael Kieran Harvey \u2013 selection of Scriabin\u2019s solo piano works<\/p>\n

Richard Tognetti performing Ligeti and solo Bach, with oscilloscopic lighting by Robin Fox<\/p>\n

Steven Osborne \u2013 Messiaen\u2019s\u00a0Vingt Regards sur l\u2019Enfant-Jesus <\/i>in 20 movements<\/p>\n

Tom Vincent trio in tribute to Thelonious Monk<\/p>\n

TSO Chorus performing Bach chorales.<\/p>\n

SYNAESTHESIA+\u00a0is a total saturation of senses, with music, art, and gastronomic\u00a0feasts created by MONA\u2019s decorated chefs.<\/p>\n

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BOOKINGS: The all-inclusive price (performance, food and drinks) is $250 per day or $450 for two days. Only 400 tickets are available for the weekend, on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here<\/a> to book.
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\u00a0MONA will close to all but\u00a0SYNAESTHESIA+ guests.<\/p>\n

Read our review of the inaugural\u00a0Synaesthesia: Music of Colour and Mind<\/em> <\/a>in 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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