Knowing absolutely everything sounds better when it’s backed by a symphony orchestra, Kate Ceberano is revisiting her hits with the release of her new album My Life is a Symphony. After hearing the way the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra elevate ‘90s pop banger “Pash” to an absolute epic, I’m pretty excited for the rest of this record.
“This album was conceived and the orchestra recorded in the last months before the Covid “blackout”! After several years of waiting to complete it, when I finally got to return to the project and record the vocals it was a very emotional experience for me…back in a studio where i had recorded Brave 35 years before – and with my daughter now singing BVs,” she gushed. “I never wanted to take anything for granted again. I was more committed, bolder, and more willing to back my stories and songwriting. The power of the orchestra, the arrangements by my talented friend Roscoe have given new life to songs that together we cherrypicked from my albums over the years. Songs that are meaningful to me, earmarking personal memories and travelling with me across four decades.”
My Life is a Symphony drops on May 12. Kate will tour all around the country playing festivals and headlining shows with state orchestras from May promoting its release. Here are the dates so far, but if she hasn’t announced your nearest city don’t stress. More shows will be announced in the coming months.
11 March 2023 – Brighter Days Festival, Dhudhuroa, Taungurung, Waywurru, Gunaikurnai and Jaithmathang Country/Bright
18 March 2023 – Lighthouse Theatre’s 40th Anniversary, Dhauwurd Wurrung Country/Warrnambool
27 May 2023 – Hamer Hall, Naarm/Melbourne (with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
10 June 2023 – Adelaide Festival Centre’s Festival Theatre, Tartanya/Adelaide (with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra)
5 July 2023 – Big Red Bash, Wirrarri/Birdsville
18 August 2023 – Mundi Mundi Bash, Wilyakali Country/Broken Hill
25 August 2023 – Stranded in the Whitsundays @ Daydream Island Resort, Ngaro Country/Whitsundays (with Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Black Sorrows, and Mahalia Barnes)
Image used with permission from Revolutions per Minute; credit: Justine Walpole