Cultural Diplomacy -
Embassies who have supported the project:
Republique Francaise
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Canberra
British High Commission, Canberra
Austrian Embassy, Canberra
Embassy of Portugal
Embassy of the United States of America, Canberra
Embassy of Turkey, Canberra
Veteran and community cultural organisations who have supported the project:
Vietnamese Community in Australia
Vietnam Veterans’ Association of Australia
Vietnam Veterans’ Federation of Australia
Vietnamese Veterans’ Association
Partners of Veterans’ Association
1st Australian Field Hospital Association
TPI Federation of Australia
ACT kindred Organisation Committee
C Squadron 1 Armoured Regiment 50th Reunion
3RAR’s 50th Reunion
Woden Valley RSL sub-Branch
Battle for Australia (NSW)
Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre
Ex-Prisoners of War and Relatives Association (Victoria)
The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial Ballarat
5000 Poppies Project
Media organisations who have supported the project:
CityNews, Canberra
Riotact
ABC Limelight
Australian Jewish News
666 ABC Canberra
Canberra Times
Cultural Partnerships and Collaborations
Australian War Memorial
ANU School of Music and Llewellyn Hall
High Court of Australia
National Gallery of Australia
Melbourne Recital Centre
The Street Theatre, Canberra
Canberra Symphony Orchestra
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne
Pitt Street Uniting Church, Sydney
Eglise Saint-Remy, Suzanne, France
Elgise Saint-Pierre, Guillmont, France
Eglise Notre-Dame-du-Joyel, Fleubaix, France
Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Fromelles, France
Cathedrale Notre-Dame d’Amiens, Amiens, France
Albert Basilica of Notre-Dame de Brebiers, France
Eglise de Beaumont-Hamel, Beaumont Hamel, France
Authuille L’eglise Saint-Fursy, France
Eglise Notre-Dame de I’Assomption, Pozieres, France
Conservatoire de Lille, France
The Scotts’ Church, Melbourne
St James King Street, Sydney
Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Canberra
Ainslie Arts Centre, Canberra
Lamm Jewish Library of Australia, Melbourne
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University, Melbourne
The Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne
ANZAC Memorial, Sydney
QPAC (Queensland Performing Arts Centre)
Art Song Canberra
Musica da Camera, Canberra
Wesley Music Centre, Canberra
National Archives of Australia
Australian Cultural Fund
National Film and Sound Archives
ACT Jewish Community
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Classic FM
3MBS
Toccata Classics
Barbara Blackman AO
Artists who performed through various stages of the project
Omar Faruk Tekbilek, vocals, ney, zurna
Horomona Horo, taonga puoro
Michael Askill, percussion
Julian Jackson, chromatic harmonica
Bahadir Sener, kanun
Ozan Arslan, baglama
Canberra Camerata Brass
Alexander Knight, baritone
Anton Wurzer, accordian
Ibrahim Karaisli
Kerry Everett, speaker
Graeme Reynolds, bugle
Louise Page OAM, soprano
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, Piano
Veronique Serret, violin
Tor Fromyhr, viola
David Pereira, cello
Simone Riksman, soprano
Vincent Delage, piano
Ken Sugita, vilion
Paul Mayes, viola
Catherine Delanoue, cello
Zbigniew Kornowica, violin
Joanne Rezler, violin
Paul Mayes, viola
David Novak, accordion
Jordan Aikin, bagpipes
Anna MacDonald, violin
Rose Kavanagh, violin
Zoltan Szabo, cello
Jason Craig, bagpipes
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Johannes Fritzsch and Benjamin Northey, conductors of Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Simon Lobelson, baritone
Adrian Tamburini, bass
Douglas Mackie, flute
Marshall McGuire, harp
Geoff Lierse, horn
Jane Rutter, flute
Veronika Vincze, recording engineer, editing
Toby Frost, recording engineer
Stuart & Sons, pianos
Alex Wilson, piano
Ross A’Hern, recording engineer
Tom Azoury, clarinet
Catherine McCorkill, clarinet
Caroline Almonte, piano
Marie-Benedicte Cohu, piano
John Lewis, recording engineer
Christian Huff Johnston, recording engineer
John Lewis, recording engineer
James Wannan, viola
Paul Stender, cello
Luminescence Chamber Singers
David Hidden, baritone
Handbell Choir
St Joseph’s College and All Hallows’ School Gallipoli Choir; Tim Sherlock and Bernadette Debattista, Directors
The Australian Voices of the Gallipoli Symphony; Gordon Hamilton, Artistic Director; Zoe Penman and Andrew Firth, Assistant Chorusmasters
Carrillo Gantner AO
Ralph Lane, Editing
Band of the Royal Military College Duntroon
Australian War Memorial Orchestra (all independent artists)
Ellie Cumming, typesetting
Glynn Davies, typesetting
Bruce Steele FS Kelly typesetting
Richard Diuvall, FST Kelly typesetting
Mark Williams, singer
John Schumann OAM, singer and composer
Normie Rowe AM, singer
Phan Van Hung, singer and composer
Little Pattie OAM, singer
Nina Ferro, singer
Slava Grigoryan, guitar
Ben Hauptmann, guitar
Gavin Pearce, bass guitar
Warren Trout, drummer
Col Hoorweg, drums
James Luke, bass
Miroslav Bukovsky, trumpet
John Mackey, tenor saxophone
Minh Le Hoang, 12 string guitar
Susannah Lawergren, soprano
Rachel Mink, soprano
Stephen Leek, Youth Choir Conductor
ACT Instrumental Music Program Choir; Katharine Finlayson, conductor
Flowers of Peace Choir; Tobias Cole, conductor
JB Smith, solo percussion
Yuhki Mayne, violin
Riley Lee, shakuhachi
Neil Pigot, narrator and custodian of ‘Changi Songbook’
Dong Ma, erhu
Kingsland Collective and CSYCO, Kirsten Williams, Director
Woden Valley Youth Choir; Olivia Swift, Director
Kompactus Youth Choir, Olivia Swift, Director
Canberra Girls Gramar Gabriel Singers, Rowan Harvey-Martin, Director
ANU Vocal Fry, Tobias Cole, Director
Leah Pisar, narrator
Simon Tedeschi, narrator
Emily Sun, violin
Jessica Aszodi, mezzo-soprano
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and guests; Benjamin Northey, Conductor
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Warren Trevelyan-Jones, Chorus Director
Young Voices of Melbourne and exaudi members; Mark O’Leary OAM, Choir Director