As Tim Fain continues his Portals multi-media tour around the world, here’s what Jessica Nicholas of the Sydney Morning Herald said about the Australian premiere: “…[Fain] throws off Glass’ trademark cascading arpeggios with jaw-dropping ease, yet the effect is anything but mechanical. On the contrary, the violinist allows the music to breathe organically, shaping each movement with expressive lyricism and exquisite beauty…with his virtuosity, his warmth and above all his humanity.” Read more here.
There’s more: Eamonn Kelly from The Australian notes: “Pensive, poetic and mesmerising, Portals is a classical music, contemporary dance, spoken word and video collaboration that fuses live and virtual concert experiences to create an immersive fantasy world of urbane beauty, yearning and tranquility. Portals, however, is an exception to the rule — a superb demonstration of what is possible when sense and sentiment are the drivers of cross-art-form multimedia collaboration, rather than the novelty of new technology and the incessant quest for innovation.” Click here to view the complete review.