Australian singer Kate Ceberano has bared her soul in her latest album and is excited to share it with a Territory audience. Read about her memories of visiting the Top End on previous tours.
And with the release of her 30th studio album, My Life is a Symphony, her hold over the industry doesn’t show any sign of relenting.
But that hasn’t gone to her head at all.
Ms Ceberano travelled to Darwin ahead of the release of the album, a collaboration with symphony orchestras four years in the making, to lock in her next performance.
“A symphony tour is more or less 10 shows in all the states of Australia throughout one year,” she said.
“So much work for so few dates, but so much more significance to me.”
Kate Ceberano was in Darwin to tee up the Darwin Symphony Orchestra to perform with her when her tour comes to the NT. Picture: Bethany Griffiths
She said she was looking forward to working with the Darwin Symphony Orchestra in late 2023 when the show comes to the NT.
The album will be front and centre of Ceberano’s tour, the making of which she said was a transformative experience for her.
“This album is the stepping across from where I’ve been, to who I am today. This is a giant step for me,” she said.
Along with performing with some of the NT’s finest musicians, Ms Ceberano said she was keen to return to the Top End, which holds some great memories for the performer.
She said she was excited to come back and visit the Top End, a place she says she’s been to about 30 times over her career. Picture: Bethany Griffiths
Aside from getting stuck on an electric scooter on her way to the museum the last time she was here, Ms Ceberano remembers an almost encounter with a crocodile on one visit.
“I remember one time we chose to swim up here, we were just stupid we were kids,” she said.
“And as I was dipping my toe in my brother decided that was the moment to tell me ‘Croc, croc!’ and I’ve never moved faster.
“I think I shat and spewed at the same time,” she laughed.
But it was a performance a few years ago that still resonates emotionally when she thinks of Darwin.
“My first performance out of Covid was up here — I cried after that one,” she said.
“The audience was so warm and welcoming – it was like they were unburdened by everything that had been going on.”