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Part 1 · Questions 31–35
- Liza Lim trained as a pianist but also studied the 31______ seriously before composition.
- Lim's compositions show a great deal of 32______ — rhythmic in particular.
- Her music is very expressive and surprisingly 33______ — dense polyrhythms over microtonal textures.
- The festival includes Lim's 34______, The Oresteia, based on the Aeschylus trilogy.
- Lim described the sounds in The Oresteia as 35______ — unsettling the audience intentionally.
Part 2 · Questions 36–40
- Ross Edwards's Tower of Remoteness is scored for piano and 36.
- Edwards's output celebrates Australia's cultural 37______ — Indigenous, migrant and settler traditions.
- Carl Vine studied 38______ at university before switching to music.
- Vine became widely known as a composer of music for 39.
- The festival will include Vine's music for the 1996 40______ in Atlanta.
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