Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of Tall Poppies: The Podcast, host Breandáin O'Shea sits down with a new generation of Australian musicians making their mark abroad. Violinists Leanne McGowan, Josephine Chung, and Harry Ward, three remarkable artists who left Australia and found a new creative home in Berlin. From the Curtis Institute to the Karajan Academy, from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra to a seat in the Berlin Philharmonic itself, each tells a story of ambition, culture shock, a...

Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Mel Gibson. That Hollywood spotlight ensures that most of us know the name of these celebrity Aussies, but what about those many other Australians who have forged impressive careers around the globe? Artists, academics, sportsmen and women, scientists and no doubt many, many more professions. People like the Melbournian Barrie Kosky, who is today one of the world’s most-celebrated opera directors, conductor Simone Young, who directs international orchestras and Sydney-born singer-songwriter Kat Frankie, a popular performer at top music venues all over Germany. As a journalist working internationally for decades, I’m constantly amazed at the number of Australians – high profile or otherwise – living outside Australia – who have remarkable careers and what’s more, remarkable stories to tell. In Tall Poppies I’ll be sitting down with one of these inspiring Aussies each episode to chat about their work, living abroad and their passage to international success. Of course we will also look at how growing up in Australia influenced them in the past and even today in their work.