SHOW UPDATE
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of the artists and creative team, Buŋgul will no longer be proceeding at RISING. If you’ve purchased a ticket to the show, you will automatically receive a refund, so there’s no need to contact us. We’ll get in touch if there are any issues processing your refund.
The Inspiration behind Dr Gurrumul Yunupiŋu’s seminal album Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) brought to the stage in a hypnotic performance, supported by the MSO.
A buŋgul is a ceremony, a gathering ground: a meeting place of dance, song and ritual.
Dr Gurrumul Yunupiŋu’s posthumously released album, Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow), is a landmark moment in Australian music. It transcends its author’s death and celebrates his life, by bringing together western and his Yolŋu family’s musical traditions.
Buŋgul is a celebration of that record’s legacy, created on Country in North East Arnhem Land, with the Yunupiŋu family. In a hypnotic performance, live Yolŋu dancers and songmen present the songs, dances and paintings that inspired Djarimirri; accompanied by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; and directed by Senior Yolŋu Don Wininba Ganambarr and Nigel Jamieson.
The heart and soul of a masterpiece made real.
