Damascus concert with Rupert Guenther

The meditative sounds of the violin as they have been heard in temples, mosques, palaces, monasteries and cathedrals of many civilisations.

By Rupert Guenther (musician)

Date and time

Sat, 9 Nov 2024 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM AWST

Location

WA Museum Boola Bardip

WA Museum Boola Bardip Perth, WA 6000 Australia

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  • 1 hour 15 minutes

"Damascus" - Meditation and Wellness Concert with composer-violinist Rupert Guenther

The Middle-East and North Africa of antiquity was a place of science, scholarship, astronomy, art, education, architecture and culture, way more advanced than its European counterparts for thousands of years. The Damascus concert using musical flavours typical of the plain song and chant styles in Eleusinian, Gregorian, Byzantine and Arabic music, traces the journey of humanity in melismatic improvisation-style musical reflections, and offers a window into the heightened atmosphere and illumination in the high cultures of that time.

Composer-violinist Rupert Guenther’s imaginative playing and diversity of style deeply captures a ‘spirit of place’ through his music. Trained as a concert violinist in Vienna, Austria, his deep love of all things of nature and the cosmos has fueled his musical passions since a young age. His versatility has seen him work as sideman to the stars with many artists and orchestras including the Vienna Chamber Opera, the Australian Pops Orchestra, Beatles’ producer Sir George Martin, Olivia-Newton John, Demis Roussos, John Farnham and Hollywood singer-songwriter Lisbeth Scott.

Photo by Peter Hislop.

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Rupert Guenther (musician)
Rupert Guenther is an electric violinist playing concerts in Australia, UK, Europe, and the USA, ranging from classical to ambient/world music and blues, and releasing over 27 albums of his own music since 2003. Trained as a virtuoso concert violinist in Vienna, Austria, his deep spiritual feeling for music has fuelled his musical passions over a diverse range of musical styles since a young age. Formerly a member of the Vienna Chamber Opera (Vienna, Austria), he has been sideman to stars such as Beatles’ producer Sir George Martin, Olivia-Newton John, Demis Roussos, John Farnham, Anthony Warlow, Austrian TV heart-throb Tobias Moretti (of “Inspector Rex” fame - the detective not the dog!), and more recently Hollywood singer-songwriter Lisbeth Scott.