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In Conversation

2MBS Fine Music Sydney

In Conversation is brought to you by 2MBS Fine Music Sydney. In each episode, Simon Moore speaks to a figure in our artistic landscape, delving into all the detailed and interesting facets of their life, from the trivial to the profound. Our guest also introduces some musical extracts that are meaningful to them.

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00:52:58

Caroline O'Connor AM: Putting it all together

In Conversation ·

2026/01/14

Award-winning actress, singer, and dancer Caroline O’Connor has spent over four decades performing in Australia as well as in the West End and on Broadway. She came to world attention thanks to her role in Baz Luhrmann’s film Moulin Rouge! in 2001, but she’d already been on stage for the 20 years prior to that in a slew of theatre productions. From Helpmann-winning turns as Judy Garland and Edith Piaf, to Chicago, Funny Girl, Anything Goes, Gypsy, and many others, Caroline has musical theatre in her

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00:55:01

Andrew McFarlane: The boy next door

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2026/01/07

In Conversation kicks off 2026 by welcoming an actor who has graced our stages and screens for over 50 years. Andrew McFarlane has appeared in seminal Australian television dramas, including Division 4, The Sullivans, Patrol Boat, The Flying Doctors, and Underbelly. His theatre credits are just as long, appearing in classics such as The Glass Menagerie, Who’s Afraid of Virgina Wolf, and King Lear. He has also appeared in many David Williamson plays, and he returns to the Ensemble theatre later this

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00:54:53

Winsome Evans OAM BEM: Renaissance woman

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2025/12/17

For the final program of 2025, Simon Moore was invited into the home of a trailblazer of early music performance – not just in Australia, but also in the wider world. Winsome Evans founded The Renaissance Players in 1959, and quickly became a leader in the field. She appears on 33 albums, and has the aptitude to have taught herself to play that many instruments too. She’s also a composer, having written and arranged music for radio, film and TV, and for half a century at Sydney University she taught

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00:51:44

Kris Nelson: Creating future facing festivals

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2025/12/10

Sydney doesn’t put away its party hats after the New Year is rung in, because from January 8, the city comes alive once again for the Sydney Festival. Simon Moore sat down with new Festival Director Kris Nelson to provide some highlights of the upcoming festival and revealing his hopes and ambitions for it as it reaches half a century.Festivals are very much in Kris Nelson’s blood, having just finished a six-and-a-half year stint as Director of the London International Festival of Theatre, and prior

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00:59:38

Andrew Ford OAM: The shortest history of Andrew

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2025/12/03

A composer, writer, and presenter, Andrew Ford is a unique and highly valued voice in Australia’s musical landscape. His music has been heard all around the world, from Sydney to New York, and London to Singapore. It’s been conducted by Jeffrey Tate and Benjamin Northey, played by Piers Lane and Lisa Moore, and sung by Yvonne Kenney and Teddy Tahu-Rhodes. He’s educated us with his 11 books, most recently The Shortest History of Music, and entertained and enlightened us with his three-decade long

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00:55:03

Mark Kilmurry: Dial E for Ensemble

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2025/11/26

One of the key figures of Sydney’s theatre scene, UK born Mark Kilmurry has written, directed and performed in countless theatre productions around the world. He’s had a long association with the Ensemble Theatre, first as an actor, then associate director, and since 2016 he’s been their sole artistic director. In this conversation, Mark delves into the early influences of his mother’s comedy writing for the BBC, and his own formative drama-school training in Coventry. We hear about the theatre

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00:45:32

Carolyn Sampson OBE: She likes to sing

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2025/11/19

Internationally acclaimed and award winning soprano Carolyn Sampson has had an unusually organic rise to the world stage – from her formative years in Bedfordshire’s exceptional youth music programs to early encouragement from influential mentors like Geoffrey Skidmore and Harry Christophers. Equally at home on the concert and opera stages, she has appeared with the Gewundhaus, BBC Philharmonic, and Opéra de Paris amongst many others, and released more than 100 albums.In this conversation, Carolyn

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00:47:29

Ana de la Vega: The poetry of persistence

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2025/11/12

A chance encounter with Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto changed Ana de la Vega’s life forever. It inspired her so much that she is now one of the most sought-after flautists of her generation, praised for her crystal clear and velvety tone. She has appeared in some of the world’s most prestigious venues, including Philharmonie Berlin, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and London’s Wigmore Hall. No stranger to the recording studio, she’s released six albums, including the enchanting My Paris. Having

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00:55:27

Richard Tognetti AO: Making waves

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2025/11/05

Under Richard Tognetti’s leadership, the Australian Chamber Orchestra has come to be regarded as one of the world’s finest ensembles. In this wide-ranging and candid conversation, Richard reflects on 35 years at the helm, as well as his international orchestral appearances as director or soloist. Equally at home on the period, modern and electric violins, he has also created dozens of arrangements and compositions, including for several films, and claimed six ARIA Awards.From a Wollongong childhood,

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00:43:29

Steven Kramer: A musician who stops the nation

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2025/10/29

A music director, pianist, composer, producer and cabaret performer, Steven Kramer has worked on a diverse array of musicals, from Little Shop of Horrors to Calamity Jane and from Assassins to Rent, winning the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Musical Director for Jekyll & Hyde. He’s played piano with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Kate Ceberano, and for productions of The Sound of Music and Frozen. With all that musical theatre experience under his belt, it’s little wonder that he has written

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00:48:26

Daniel Müller-Schott: View from a cello

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2025/10/22

One of the world’s most sought-after cellists, Daniel Müller-Schott performs on all the international concert stages, whether it’s with the New York Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, or the Gewandhaus Orchestra. He’s worked with the world’s greatest conductors, including Neeme Järvi, Andris Nelsons and Simone Young, and recorded over 30 albums for a diverse array of labels. He also enjoys combining the art of music with the visual arts and literature. In this conversation, Daniel recounts

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00:45:23

Cathy-Di Zhang: A requiem for life

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2025/10/15

Award-winning Australian soprano Cathy-Di Zhang has performed extensively with Opera Australia as well as for Victorian Opera and the State Opera of South Australia. She has sung with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Perth Symphonic Chorus and as a soloist with orchestras and chamber groups throughout Europe and Asia.In this conversation, Cathy-Di reflects on her somewhat unconventional journey to the profession, and opens up about navigating life as an artist. From lockdowns and love stories,

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00:46:50

Peter Phillips: A Tallis scholar

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2025/10/08

The “Rock stars of Renaissance music” is how The New York Times described the award winning British vocal ensemble The Tallis Scholars. Founder and artistic director Peter Phillips has devoted his life to creating the ideal choral sound, and exploring many neglected gaps in the polyphonic repertoire. He’s also commissioned many contemporary composers including Eric Whitacre, John Tavener and Nico Muhly. On top of all that, he’s written columns for newspapers and magazines, presented radio lectures,

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00:47:54

Meow Meow: Red shoe cabaret

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2025/10/01

As a self-described “post-post modern diva”, Meow Meow is one of the world’s most outstanding cabaret artists. She has played to sold-out venues from London to New York, and Berlin to Sydney. Winner of the Edinburgh Fringe Prize in 2010, and a Helpmann Award in 2012, she’s performed with the great Barrie Humphries, been commissioned by David Bowie, and created roles in London’s West End. Berliner Zeitung called her “The Queen of Chanson” while London’s Evening Standard said she possessed “devilishly

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00:59:36

Martin Baker: Inspired by tradition

In Conversation ·

2025/09/24

British organist Martin Baker has spent a lifetime at the keyboard, from the moment he first touched the instrument as a child to his twenty years as Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral. Along the way he has become one of the world’s most sought-after organists, known especially for his dazzling improvisations.Martin reflects on the twists of fate that shaped his career, from early lessons on a family keyboard, to the honour and pleasure of leading music at some of the UK’s most important

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00:53:33

John Rando: Those Broadway melodies

In Conversation ·

2025/09/17

Tony Award-winning director John Rando has staged some of Broadway’s most inventive and entertaining productions – from Urinetown to On the Town, The Wedding Singer to Mr. Saturday Night. He was one of the creative forces behind the stage musical version of Back to the Future in both the West End and on Broadway, which he is now bringing to Australia.In this lively and wide-ranging conversation, John takes us behind the scenes of turning a beloved movie into a dazzling theatrical spectacle –

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00:57:04

Tara Morice: Strictly speaking

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2025/09/10

Tara Morice has been a beloved presence on Australian stage and screen for more than three decades. Best known for her breakout role as Fran in Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom – a performance that earned her BAFTA and AFI nominations – Tara has built a career across film, television and theatre that is as varied as it is enduring.In this wide-ranging conversation, Tara reflects on the global phenomenon of Strictly Ballroom, the early days of working with Baz Luhrmann, and the challenges of

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00:43:59

Genevieve Lacey: Recorder passions

In Conversation ·

2025/09/03

The repertoire of Australia’s leading recorder virtuoso, Genevieve Lacey, ranges from medieval manuscripts to cutting-edge contemporary commissions. She has a love of both the very old and the very new in music, performing on an instrument that has become a bridge between worlds that are centuries apart.She discusses her remarkable journey, from growing up in Papua New Guinea, to her musically formative years in Ballarat, through to her career-defining encounters with ensembles like the Australian

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00:59:48

Brett Weymark OAM: Shaping Australia’s choral voice

In Conversation ·

2025/08/27

Brett Weymark has spent over two decades as Artistic and Music Director of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, shaping the sound of one of Australia’s leading choral organisations. Along the way he has conducted every major Australian orchestra, worked with Opera Australia and Pinchgut Opera, and even brought his skills to the big screen conducting film scores including Happy Feet and Mad Max: Fury Road.In this conversation, Brett reflects on his path from childhood singalongs to standing on the podium

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00:54:55

Alice Giles AM: On her own terms

In Conversation ·

2025/08/20

Few musicians have expanded the horizons of their instrument quite like harpist Alice Giles. From winning the Israel International Harp Contest at just 21, to acclaimed performances across Europe and America, Alice has become one of the world’s most celebrated harpists — praised for her artistry, imagination and technical brilliance. But her journey has not always been conventional: she’s performed with the great orchestras, championed contemporary repertoire, and even carried her harp to

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