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Podcast: Smart Talk
Episode: The Lilburn Lecture 2019
Description: In 'Breath of the Birds' Dame Gillian Whitehead discusses the origin of taonga puoro, their revival, and how she has used traditional Mฤori musical instruments in her compositions.Eminent New Zealand composer Dame Gillian Whitehead celebrates her 80th birthday on 23 April 2021. In this 2019 Lilburn Lecture she explores the renaissance of taonga puoro (traditional Mฤori musical instruments), and how she brings their extraordinary sounds into her own compositions. Listen to 'Breath of the Birds' by Dame Gillian WhiteheadIn this lecture, Dame Gillian Whitehead, DMus, DNZM, MNZM (Ngฤi te Rangi) speaks on...