ANAM Recital: Mattea Osenk
Tue 09 Sep 2025, 11AM

As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to communicate? How does their art help them understand the world better? Hear what the next generation of virtuosi have to say, and how, in the 2025 ANAM Recital series.

Reverie, rumination and release
"This recital journeys through three emotional landscapes: reverie, rumination, and release.

We begin in a dreamlike realm, with works that evoke fantasy, wonder, and the surreal. These pieces shimmer with imagination, transporting us to a world suspended in time - untethered from reality.

From there, the mood turns inward. In the rumination phase, the voice and viola come together in quiet, intimate dialogue, exploring themes of introspection and inner conflict. Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, with its haunting repetition and spiritual depth, deepens this meditative space, inviting us into a place of stillness.

The recital concludes with release - the brilliant Concertstück that surges with vitality. It is catharsis through sound: the final, ecstatic breaking free." — Mattea Osenk

Rebecca CLARKE Morpheus
York BOWEN Fantasia op. 41
Jane SHELDON talking with herself alone* (world premiere)
Arvo PÄRT Fratres
Mattea OSENK I felt a funeral in my brain (world premiere)
George ENESCU Concertstück

Mattea Osenk (SA) Viola
Hanna Wallace (NSW) Viola
Olivia Bartlett (WA) Violin
Hannah Tyrrell (VIC) Violin
Jasmine Milton (SA) Violin
Daisy Wong (NSW) Violin
Helene Burns (QLD) Viola
Angelina Kim  (QLD) Viola
Heesoo Kim (QLD) Cello
Jamie Willson (VIC) Percussion
Damien Eckersley (ANAM Faculty) Double Bass
Louisa Breen (ANAM Associate Faculty) Piano

* The 2025 ANAM Set commissions are supported by the Anthony and Sharon Lee Foundation.

Photo by Pia Johnson