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Australian PREMIERE Melbourne Exclusive MUSIC Tim Fain & Monash University – School of Music MUSIC (Australia/USA) Future Fusion A Transpacific Collaboration “A smart mix of sound and vision for the Facebook generation, who love Björk and Beethoven with equal ardor.” Tim Fain (USA) Vanity Fair (USA) Portals A special one-off collaborative performance between violin PRODIGY Tim Fain and the students of Monash’s School of Music. Tim Fain, virtuoso violinist and rising star of the classical world, presents an ambitious audio-visual feast. A wildly innovative work spanning a profusion of media and arts forms, Portals portends great things for the future of this gifted young artist. Tim Fain is an artist on a meteoric rise. Gaining numerous awards and accolades as an influential emerging talent, he is best known popularly for his work in the film Black Swan, both as an onscreen performer and a contributor to the film’s Grammy-nominated soundtrack. Producer & Creative Director, Conceived by Tim Fain Co-Producer & Film Direction Kate Hackett Choreography & Dance Films Directed by Benjamin Millepied Text Leonard Cohen Lighting Design Roderick Murray  Production Michael Skinner Now Fain makes good on the promise of his earlier projects with Portals, a one-man multimedia marvel that pushes at the boundaries of classical performance. As Fain plays, projected images br