Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Wednesday 19 October
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
As well as being one of Australia’s most loved and respected journalists, Leigh Sales AM is also a music enthusiast. She delves into the intricacies of this important lifelong relationship in Encounters with Music, a new series presented by the Wheeler Centre and ACO, hosted by Fenella Kernebone.
Leigh Sales is the author of four books and hosts the wildly popular podcast Chat 10 Looks 3 with fellow journalist Annabel Crabb. Until recently, she anchored the ABC’s primetime current affairs program 7.30. In an intimate conversation at ACO’s new home at Pier 2/3, Sales will reflect on the role music has played in her life and share some of the significant musical pieces that have influenced her over the years.
This event is presented in partnership with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Explore the other conversations in the Encounters with Music series featuring Larissa Behrendt, Bill Henson and Helen Garner.
Featuring
Leigh Sales
Leigh Sales AM is one of Australia’s most respected journalists. As the new presenter of Australian Story and the recent host of the ABC’s flagship current affairs program, 7.30, she has interviewed dozens of world leaders ...
Fenella Kernebone
Fenella Kernebone is the host of ABC TV’s new weekly half hour arts show, Art Nation.
In conjunction with the ABC’s new Arts Gateway, Art Nation follows on from the ABC’s previous arts show, Sunday Arts, which Fenella began working on as a presenter and producer in 2006.
Fenella continues to report on current significant art trends and interviews local and international filmmakers and artists. Feature interviews include; Geoffrey Rush, Phillip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Michael Nyman and Ang Lee amongst others.
Fenella’s passion for the arts started over a decade ago after she volunteered at the local community radio 2SER at the age of seventeen. At twenty-one Fenella won a competition to be a Triple J presenter as part of the youth arts festival Noise. Soon afterwards Fenella was selected to host the youth arts program, Artery (1999-2004) interviewing hundreds of performers, actors, artists, filmmakers and musicians. In 2003 Fenella launched a new show on Triple J called The Sound Lab, which she continues to host every Sunday night.
Fenella moved into television in 2004 as one of the hosts of The Movie Show on SBS TV. Reviewing hundreds of films each year, Fenella also reported from the Toronto and Berlin International Film Festivals and interviewed scores of filmmakers and actors such as Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Tilda Swinton and Keanu Reeves.
In addition to her television and radio commitments, Fenella has also presented awards at the Lexus IF Awards, MC’d the Melbourne Leg of Tropfest, hosted Q & A sessions at the Art Gallery of NSW as part of their Art After Hours series, hosted The APRA Classical Music Award as well as providing her services as a judge at film festivals and art competitions. She also has written for various magazines including film reviews for Limelight and has extensive voice over experience.