Xani Kolac's guest appearances

Xani Kolac

Rhianna Patrick

Inside the Performer's Mind

Music in Progress Podcast

GOLDEN MOMENT With Mijo Biscan

Loyle Carner

Justin Smith

Josephine Baker

Fiona Horne

Sam Raimi

Larry Cohen

Leife Shallcross

Hayley Mills

Tony Martin

Gurinder Chadha

Gabrielle Tozer

Maria Lewis

Catherine Greer

Dan Barrett

Ellie Marney

OwlTail

Xani is a Melbourne based violinist, improviser, singer, song-writer and more. Fuelled by a fiercely uncommon authenticity and limitless vision for the magnitude of her craft, violinist and collaborator, Xani Kolac is amongst the most celebrated musicians of her generation. An AU Review Best Live Instrumentalist award nominee and ten-year stalwart of the Australian indie scene as a member of The Twoks, Xani has since joined forces with Tim Rogers, Jens Lekman, Kate Cebrano, My Friend The Chocolate Cake and Clare Bowditch, appearing live at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and on ABC’s RocKwiz. Xani’s unbridled joy and onstage energy has cemented her spot as sought-after feature performer for theatre shows including the multi-award-winning Come From Away (2019-20) and festival projects with Melbourne Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre (Melbourne).  Connect with Xani and find out more at: https://www.xanikolac.com/ To get a free download of Mijo's music: https://www.mijobiscan.com/freemusic To get a limited edition, signed CD of Mijo's latest album Golden Moment, head to: https://www.mijobiscan.com/gmcd A video version of this podcast is available at http://www.youtube.com/user/MijoBiscanMusic/Videos Please 'like' the podcast, subscribe, review it and leave us a comment below. Thanks for listening. Stay golden, Mijo  ---   Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mijobiscan/message

Xani is a Melbourne based violinist, improviser, singer, song-writer and more. Fuelled by a fiercely uncommon authenticity and limitless vision for the magnitude of her craft, violinist and collaborator, Xani Kolac is amongst the most celebrated musicians of her generation. An AU Review Best Live Instrumentalist award nominee and ten-year stalwart of the Australian indie scene as a member of The Twoks, Xani has since joined forces with Tim Rogers, Jens Lekman, Kate Cebrano, My Friend The Chocolate Cake and Clare Bowditch, appearing live at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and on ABC’s RocKwiz. Xani’s unbridled joy and onstage energy has cemented her spot as sought-after feature performer for theatre shows including the multi-award-winning Come From Away (2019-20) and festival projects with Melbourne Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre (Melbourne). Connect with Xani and find out more at: <a href="https://www.xanikolac.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.xanikolac.com/</a> To get a free download of Mijo's music: <a href="https://www.mijobiscan.com/freemusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mijobiscan.com/freemusic</a> To get a limited edition, signed CD of Mijo's latest album Golden Moment, head to: <a href="https://www.mijobiscan.com/gmcd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mijobiscan.com/gmcd</a> A video version of this podcast is available at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MijoBiscanMusic/Videos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/MijoBiscanMusic/Videos</a> Please 'like' the podcast, subscribe, review it and leave us a comment below. Thanks for listening. Stay golden, Mijo --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/mijobiscan/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/mijobiscan/message</a>

Ep 35 Xani Kolac - Violinist, improviser, singer-songwriter.

Contemporary violinist, artist, composer, freelance musician, musical director, advocate for female session musicians, and academic, Xani Kolac drops in for a remote chat. Xani talks passionately about getting more female musicians involved in freelance work, discusses her thoughts on the current climate of the music scene, and shares stories about her projects, creative output, and works. Join in the discussion on Facebook and Instagram @MelbourneCreativeCOVIDDiaries 

Contemporary violinist, artist, composer, freelance musician, musical director, advocate for female session musicians, and academic, Xani Kolac drops in for a remote chat. Xani talks passionately about getting more female musicians involved in freelance work, discusses her thoughts on the current climate of the music scene, and shares stories about her projects, creative output, and works. Join in the discussion on Facebook and Instagram @MelbourneCreativeCOVIDDiaries

Ep 10 - Xani Kolac

Xani Kolac is a contemporary violinist, composer, bandleader, musical director and industry game-changer. Her unique approach to violin playing blends classical training, jazz improvisation, extended timbral techniques, electronics, looping, percussive grooves. Her playing can be heard across the Melbourne music scene, spanning genres as diverse as contemporary classical, jazz, R&amp;B, rock, folk and musical theatre. She is a Masters graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts/University of Melbourne in improvisation where she studied with Andrea Keller, Peter Knight and Fiona Burnett. She has performed with Paul Grabowsky, Clare Bowditch, Jens Lekman, Tim Rogers and many other artists as well as regularly with her own drums/violin project, The Twoks. Xani has appeared in Malthouse and MTC productions and made her Music Director debut at Black Swan State Theatre Company for Xenides. Passionate about creating more opportunities for female instrumentalists, Xani founded SPIRE who have performed as part of Stand By Your Woman at Hamer Hall in 2017 and 2018. She is currently performing in the award-winning international musical Come From Away at the Comedy Theatre.

Rhi asks her about how Nashville influenced her debut album, where she gets her song titles from, and her lifelong obsession with the violin.

What's an electric violin? How do you play one? Go electric with violinist Xani Kolac