News and Announcements
Askar Grey Wolf Australian Tour
The Australia-China Council is pleased to support Askar Grey Wolf, the path-finding Chinese world fusion band, on their first-ever Australian tour.
Askar Grey Wolf hail from Xinjiang in the far west of China, and their music is a blend of the old rhythms of the Silk Road with a pulse-pounding Western beat.
The 8-person outfit, fronted by the wild-haired, raw-voiced Uighur singer-guitarist Askar Mamat, shot to fame in China when they put the traditional instruments of Central Asia into a Western rock line-up to produce the country’s first world music act. The group, which includes both Uighur and Han Chinese musicians and sings in the languages of both cultures, embodies the ethnic diversity which has always been a source of creative energy in Chinese culture.
Askar Grey Wolf’s debut Australian appearance will be as a headline act in a Darwin Festival World Music concert on the night of Saturday 29 August 2009.
In Sydney, they will perform at the Manning Bar at the University of Sydney on Friday, 4 September as part of the Verge Arts Festival.
For more on
Sydney tickets: (1300 438 849)
http://www.manningbar.com (1300 762 545)
Dr Sean Cooney is the Alice Tay Memorial Award Winner
The Australia-China Council (ACC) is pleased to announce that Dr Sean Cooney was the 2008 recipient of the Alice Tay Memorial Award in the field of human rights. Dr Cooney is the third recipient of the Award since its inception.
ACC Announces the 2008 ACC Award Recipients
The year 2008 marked the 30th anniversary of the Australia-China Council. Over the past three decades, many individuals from different walks of life have made outstanding contributions to the development of Australia’s important bilateral relationship with China. In recognition of these efforts and achievements, the Australia-China Council (ACC) has awarded ACC Award medallions to eight prominent individuals as part of the 30th anniversary commemorations.
