John Psathas sells out the Michael Fowler Centre with No Man's Land
Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music’s Professor John Psathas’ love letter to peace is one of the sold-out shows in the NZ Festival.
No Man’s Land features international musicians performing live alongside 150 virtual musicians from more than 20 countries.
The performers include Lebanese-American Serj Tankian, India’s Meeta Pandit, UNESCO Artist for Peace Márta Sebestyén from Hungary, and the Refugees of Rap from Syria and Palestine.
The epic world symphony brings together the descendants of opposing forces in WWI and reunites them in friendship and musical exchange on the sites where their forefathers fought a century ago.
Director Jasmine Millet and cinematographer Mathew Knight filmed musicians around the globe. The film will be projected together with the sound into the live performance. Together these virtual and live performers create an international orchestra performing music that leaps musical genres as it does borders, from folk to hip-hop to rock and classical.
Tickets are still available for the Auckland Festival performance, and the three regional centre performances in March:
Tauranga
Tuesday 8 March, 6pm
Baycourt Theatre
Book tickets at Ticketek on 0800 TICKETEK (0800 842 538)
Napier
Thursday 10 March, 6pm
Municipal Theatre
Book tickets at Ticketek on 0800 TICKETEK (0800 842 538)
Whanganui
Saturday 12 March, 6pm
Royal Wanganui Opera House
Book tickets online.
Presented in partnership by Tourmakers and Victoria University of Wellington, with support from the Lottery Grants Board.
For more information about the project, see the No Man's Land website.