• Katie Yap: Combining croissants with whisky

  • Oct 16 2024
  • Length: 53 mins
  • Podcast

Katie Yap: Combining croissants with whisky

  • Summary

  • Violist and music curator Katie Yap has performed with some of Australia’s finest ensembles, including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Van Diemen’s Band, and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. She’s also played overseas, including with the Academy of Ancient Music. She’s a founding member of a prog-baroque quartet Croissants & Whisky, plus the Chrysalis Harp Trio, and crossover folk/baroque group the Wattleseed Ensemble.

    Katie shares her passion for improvisation and merging the worlds of baroque, folk, and contemporary music. Since her professional start in Orchestra Victoria, she has embarked on a diverse and successful career forming music ensembles and curating festivals, including the Music She Wrote festival for 3MBS in Melbourne, celebrating female composers. In 2022 she was the recipient of the Freedman Fellowship.

    This conversation was recorded at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in late July.

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