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Far from Home, Close to Music Leanne McGowan · Josephine Chung · Harry Ward

Special: Far from Home, Close to Music

Three young Australian violinists.
Australian excellence on the global stage: A Conversation with Hector McDonald

SoundCloud Podcast Dear Listeners, As I spend this European summer revisiting and editing interviews that have been waiting for me, I’m reminded of just how much I enjoyed these conversations.
Alma Moodie’s Legacy : An Australian Salon with Kay Dreyfus

Dear Listeners and Salon Guests, Last week, we resumed our Tall Poppies Talk Australian Salons and had the pleasure of hosting musicologist and historian Kay Dreyfus.
Save the Date! Next Berlin Salon June 18th

Dear Salon Guests, We are happy to announce that our next Tall Poppies Talk Salon is scheduled for June 18th.
Season’s Greetings from Tall Poppies: The Podcast

Dear Listeners, Season’s greetings from the Tall Poppies Project!
Tall Poppies: The Podcast presents A Poetry Special

Poet Alice Millar (Photo Studio Monbijou) Dear Listeners, Thank you for your many emails these last months.
Two New Podcasts: The Life and Music of Alma Moodie

“Of all my students, I like Alma Moodie the best” Carl Flesch, renowned violinist and pedagogue Dear Listeners, Thank you for your emails this last week.
New Year and New Podcasts

Dear Listeners, Happy New Year!
News from the Tall Poppies Project

Dear Listeners and Salon Guests, This summer seemed to be more precious than ever.
Tall Poppies Newsletter

A living archive featuring Australian luminaries Dear Listeners, Dear Salon Guests, I hope this finds you all in good health.
Composer Liza Lim joins Tall Poppies, The Podcast

Dear Listeners and Salon Guests, I hope this finds you well.
News on Podcast Guests

Dear Listeners, September 9th was a special day for all of the Tall Poppies team as we hosted our first salon in over a year.
The Australian Salon Tall Poppies Talk returns

“The process of writing poetry is very similar to playing bass” Guest Author Carola Torti (Scroll down for the text in German) “I liked contemporary music from the very beginning,” our guest, Matthew McDonald, 1st solo bassist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, told us at the recent “Tall Poppies” salon on September 9th.
Tall Poppies continue to thrive in 2021

Dear Listeners and Salon Guests, I hope this message finds you safe and well after what has been a challenging year for us all.
New Podcast Series & a German’s take on an Australian Salon

Dear Listeners, Dear Salon Guests, This week I will be launching the third series of “Tall Poppies: The Podcast”.
Tall Poppies Talk: Creative Solutions for Unusual Times

Dear Podcast Listeners and Salon Guests , I sincerely hope this finds you all safe and well.
Apologies for superfluous emails

Dear Tall Poppies Subscribers, Our apologies for the numerous emails you may have received over the last days.
“Tall Poppies Talk,” a springboard into an unfamiliar world

Dear Listeners, This will be the first of two emails this week, as the next episode of Tall Poppies, The Podcast will be published in the next few days.
Tall Poppies The Podcast, Series II from January 2020

Dear Listeners, It has been a remarkable year for Tall Poppies, The Podcast.
Author Gail Jones, Guest Australian Salon, Berlin

Dear Listeners, A few days back, the Tall Poppies Talk, Australian Salon, welcomed Australian writer and academic, Gail Jones, as the guest of honour.
Tall Poppies: Postcard – Soprano, Joan Sutherland

Dear Listeners, In the third Tall Poppies Postcard, we revisit my interview from 2001 with the great Joan Sutherland, who died in 2010.
Shannon Barnett, Jazz Musician Extraordinaire on Tall Poppies

Dear Listeners, A short note to introduce the latest Tall Poppies, The Podcast, which features the exceptional jazz musician, Shannon Barnett.
Tall Poppies: Postcard – Animation Writer, Director & Producer, Adam Elliot

Dear Listeners, It was back in 2009 that I met with the Academy Award-winning animation writer, director and producer, Adam Elliot, who hails from the Australian state of Victoria.
Tall Poppies: Postcard – Poet, Robert Gray

Dear Listeners,As it is the European summer, I’ve had time to visit my archives to select a few interviews with renowned Australians I have had the honour of interviewing over the last decades.
Another successful Tall Poppies Talk Australian Salon, with guest Rhys Martin

Dear Listeners, A few days ago we hosted another “Tall Poppies Talk” Australian Salon in Berlin.
“Tall Poppies Talk,” an Australian Salon, founders David Jackson and Breandáin O’Shea

Dear Listeners, It has been a busy few weeks for the Tall Poppies project.
Coming up on Tall Poppies, The Podcast: Siobhan Stagg, Singer

“That was a phone call that changed my life completely,” said singer, Siobhan Stagg, recollecting the day the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra called to ask her to perform “Brahms’s Requiem”.
Cathy Milliken – Musician

Cathy Milliken – Musician Posted on July 25, 2018 at 5:18 pm by admin Dear Listeners, While Europe has been sweltering through this extraordinarily hot summer, I have been busy meeting more exceptional Australians, who will be joining me on the podcast very soon.
Philosopher Peter Singer

This week on Tall Poppies, The Podcast: Peter Singer, renowned ethical and political philosopher.
Rhys Martin, Dancer, Choreographer & Educator

” Dear Listeners, This week’s Tall Poppies Podcast, features dancer and choreographer, Rhys Martin, who hails from Newcastle, New South Wales.
This Week’s Podcast

March in Berlin is a busy time for concerts and two major events this week feature Australian performers in their line-up.
Welcome to Tall Poppies, The Podcast!

Even though I’ve lived away from Australia for close to 30 years, to this day I’m still blown away by the number of expat Australians I’ve come across at the top of their professions.

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