Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House is a 10-day celebration of ambitious popular music within the city's annual Vivid Sydney festival of light, music and ideas running from 25 May to 11 June 2012.
Embraced by the public as a unique contribution to Sydney's cultural calendar, Vivid LIVE originally selected a guest curator each year, choosing and creating projects that spoke to their tastes and interests.
In 2012, Vivid LIVE will be overseen by Festival Director, Fergus Linehan. Together with the programming team at Sydney Opera House, the Vivid LIVE Festival Director will be responsible for cultivating artist-driven projects including unique collaborations, one-off projects and special events that take over all the venues and spaces of the House, including the iconic Lighting the Sails.
The full line-up for this year's festival will be announced on Thursday 15 March. However, we can reveal that Vivid LIVE will include a special commission of new works created and performed by Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly and Bryce Dessner.