Water Song
“A rare and captivating experience”
– Paul Smith, Limelight, 2026
Water Song is an evocative musical journey through the stories, memories and cultural traditions carried by water.
Bringing together five extraordinary women musicians from diverse cultural and musical backgrounds, Ensemble Ochaye creates a richly textured sound world of voices, guzheng, kamancheh, clarinets and cello. Moving between intimate songs, intricate instrumental conversations and powerful collective improvisations, the ensemble reimagines musical traditions through a shared language of listening and experimentation.
Drawing on personal and ancestral stories, Water Song explores water as a source of life, memory, transformation and connection — inviting audiences into an experience that is at once deeply personal and universally resonant.
“A celebration of difference and unity”
– Limelight 2026
COMMISSIONED BY
Adelaide Festival · Perth Festival · AsiaTOPA · Melbourne Recital Centre
PAST PERFORMANCES
Sydney Opera House (2026)
Bundanon (2026)
AsiaTOPA · Melbourne Recital Centre (2025)
Perth Festival (2025)
WITH SUPPORT FROM
UKARIA Cultural Centre
Creative Australia
ENSEMBLE OCHAYE
Sunny Kim — Lead Artist, Vocals
Aviva Endean — Clarinets
Gelareh Pour — Kamancheh, Vocals
Mindy Meng Wang — Guzheng
Zoë Barry — Cello
CREATIVE TEAM
Tamara Saulwick — Dramaturg
Amy Carr Bottomley — Set Designer
Wendy Martin — Creative Producer
