In-roads: new music for the cimbalom

Aditya Ryan Bhat presents In-roads, an exploration of the seldom-heard Hungarian cimbalom: an extended foray into the sonic potentialities of a folk instrument, removed from a folk context, where acoustic, electronic, psychological, political, historical & poetical forces emerge, intersect, connect & diffract. 

These are untravelled musical paths, and this is a rare opportunity to wander down them.

Darcy COPELAND threshold of our fragile body^

Lilijana MATIČEVSKA Angle Tilted Clinic*

Sean QUINN which way the blood*

Isabella RAHME Declaration*

Golnaz SHARIATZADEH fish^

^Australian premiere
*world premiere, commissioned with funds from the Robert Salzer Foundation

Programme order TBC

Aditya Ryan Bhat | cimbalom, electronics
Sola Hughes | violin

Banner artwork & design by Wendy Lin, 2025

Hawthorn Arts Centre is at the corner of Glenferrie and Burwood Roads, a short walk from Glenferrie Station, where almost all Lilydale, Belgrave and Alamein trains stop. The number 16 tram also stops at the opposite corner of the intersection. If travelling by car, there is a large parking area behind the building. Entry is via Burwood Road, and the Chandelier Room (where In-roads will be held) is off the right side of the foyer.

This project has been supported by: the Australian National Academy of Music, the City of Boroondara, the Robert Salzer Foundation, as well as numerous generous private donors via the Australian Cultural Fund.

If, for any reason, you can't pay for a ticket right now, please contact Aditya directly via the 'Contact host' tab to arrange a free one!