PanAlchemy | 'Unity' @ Long Listen 2024

The Long Listen festival is set to return from 1-3 November 2024 at Eudlo Hall, bringing a unique and immersive cultural experience where East meets West. This boutique weekend festival, founded by renowned cellist and Artistic Director Louise King, features a rich program of concerts, art, and conversations that aim to amplify world peace through music.

FRIDAY NOV 1 - OPENING CONCERT - PanAlchemy

Date: Friday 1 November
Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Venue: Eudlo Hall, 19 Rosebed Street EUDLO
Duration: 2 hrs
Concert: Unity featuring visiting world music band PanAlchemy with festival artists.
Tickets available HERE: $30-$55 early bird tickets available to secure your concert seat for this intimate listening experience.

CONCERT DESCRIPTION

Fresh from a sensational show at BEMAC (Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre) PanAlchemy is performing for the first time on the Sunshine Coast. Tsoof Baras and Lachlan Hawkins, co-creators of the unique percussion group SoundStruck, join for a collaboration featuring the unique handpan instrument together with world-renowned bansuri virtuoso Darshil Shah. The trio presents a collection of calming and energetic music that could be described as a healing fusion of rhythm, improvisation and musical spontaneity.

Featuring the unique handpan instrument, this concert explores the meaning of “Unity” through a musical lens. A quest to find common ground underpinned by the trio’s unique and diverse cultural upbringing. Expect moments of soaring improvisation from bansuri virtuoso Darshil Shah, introspective soundscapes, and a unifying blend of these two unique instruments never seen before.

Featuring:
Darshil Shah - bansuri
Tsoof Baras - handpan, percussion, compositions
Lachlan Hawkins - handpans, compositions

Returning festival artist, Michael Knopf (classical guitar) will join PanAlchemy for a rousing collaborative encore of improvised rapture.