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Ex-Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning to mentor & perform with emerging Indigenous musicians at QPAC.
13 Jan 2014 12:00
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Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has become the latest beneficiary of the Newman Government’s Super Star Fund, a $3 million, four year funding program designed to allow local companies to work with internationally-renowned artists.

Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Theatre Company and the Queensland Ballet have already received support through the Super Star fund.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts

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