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Beautiful Equations: Music, Math, & Science

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The Australian Youth Orchestras Momentum Ensemble presents Beautiful Equations at the World Science Festival, showcasing the interconnectedness of music, mathematics, and science. The concert features a new saxophone concerto for strings by British composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad, inspired by mathematical concepts like the newly discovered thirteen-sided Einstein tile. Mathematician and physicist Professor Yang-Hui He contributed to the composition, blending his work on geometry, primes, and the search for a theory of everything. The event also includes works by Stravinsky, Philip Glass, and Elena Kats-Chernin, each highlighting scientific patterns and cosmic themes. The concert is a testament to the universal languages of music and mathematics, perfect for those curious about the patterns in the universe.

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Beautiful Equations: Music, Math, & Science

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Adelaide News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Beautiful Equations: Music, Math, & Science. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00The Australian Youth Orchestra's momentum ensemble is set to perform a special concert called Beautiful Equations at the World Science Festival in Brisbane. This event highlights the deep connections between music, mathematics, and science. Young musicians on the brink of pro-careers will play on March 26th and 27th at the Queensland Performing Arts Center with an extra. Show on March 28th at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. A highlight is the premiere of a new saxophone concerto for Strings created by British composer Cheryl Francis Hode. It draws from cutting-edge maths ideas, like a newly found 13-sided Einstein tile that tiles without repeating patterns. Mathematician and physicist Professor Yang Hui, he helped shape it, blending his work on geometry, primes, and even the search for a theory of everything. For 18-year-old violinist Katherine Ma, the show hits close to home. With a family full of engineers and a maths teacher Ma, she sees music as her way into

1:03those worlds. She points to harmonics on Strings, created by dividing lengths into simple fractions, for eerie, high overtones. Professor Hui, who grew up playing violin and singing while chasing maths degrees, calls music and maths universal languages. The concert also features works by composers like Stravinsky, Philip Glass, and Elena Katz Ternin, each nodding to scientific patterns and cosmic. Things. Saxophone is Jonathan Rattford can't wait for listeners to spot the beauty in these links between sound, numbers, and the universe. It's a fresh take on how creative and logical minds overlap, perfect for anyone curious about the patterns all around us. That wraps Adelaide News Today, brought to you with AI, I'm Corey with The Story.

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