Three things with ABC Classic’s Megan Burslem: ‘My earplugs are handy for gigs and when a dad sneezes’www.theguardian.com In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the violist and radio host tells us about her cheap, squishy ear accessories – and why she treasures her teenage diaries
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Every January, Australia’s young and young at heart tune in to count down the biggest new music tracks of the past year with Triple J’s Hottest 100. And every June, a very different demographic vote and follow along as ABC Classic counts down Australia’s 100 favourite pieces of classical music. Each year’s Classic 100 has a different theme – 2024’s was “feelgood”, with the poll topped by Beethoven’s Symphony No 9.
This year’s countdown was steered by Megan Burslem, who also helms the ABC Classic Breakfast show. A violist and music educator, Burslem has a lifelong love of classical music. Once, while studying in Serbia, she picked up a special tool of the trade from a local luthier – which she has since lost. Here, the radio host tells us why she still mourns that missing pot of rosin, and shares the stories of two other important belongings.
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