• Title
  Item 1: Michael Askill interview by Vincent Plush, 12 April 2022
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  12 April 2022
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9673306
• Physical Description
  2 audio files (1 hr., 58 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  Michael Askill recounts his early childhood in South Africa and migrating to Adelaide at age five. He talks about his early music activities and lessons in Adelaide, participating in the National Music Camp and Australian Youth Orchestra in Osaka, Japan for the World Expo, 1970. Askill speaks about his time studying in France and New York, USA, and the musicians with whom he was collaborated and met. He talks about his personal life, including his two marriages, children and grandchildren, his interest in Buddhism, particularly Tibetan Buddhism.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Forbes Street Studios, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, on 12 April 2022
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Askill, Michael
  
• Subject
  Askill, Michael--Interviews.
  Orchestral musicians--New South Wales--20th century.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20607390

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