Perspectives on Improvisation: Peter Evans
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Sitting in a café amidst a busy street in the leafy suburb of Crows Nest, in Sydney’s Northern Suburbs, I caught […]
2015
Live Review: Aida
BY BEN NIELSEN ‘Aida’ Opera Australia Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge, 29 March 2015 Nefertiti’s bust, a crumbling relic of a bygone […]
Live Review: Ensemble Offspring
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON ‘Sizzle’ Ensemble Offspring Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville, 29 March 2015 A quote from John Cage was taped to a marimba […]
William Gardiner: Composition, Collaboration, and Personal Voice
BY SAMUEL COTTELL William Gardiner crafts his own worlds of sound. Through influences from Bach to electronic music, the composer’s works inhabit many different […]
Live Review: Tan Dun’s Wolf Totem
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra ‘Tan Dun’s Wolf Totem’ Federation Concert Hall, 21 March 2015 The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra performed a series […]
Live Review: Dots+Loops
BY ANDREW MESSENGER Dots+Loops: Radio Rewrite Nonsemble and friends, Armas Quartet, Armilla Quartet and Joe Fallon, Airport The Triffid, Newstead, 20 March 2015 What’s […]
Live Review: Typhoon
BY THOMAS MISSON ‘Typhoon’ Brian Ritchie (shakuhachi and acoustic bass), Michael Kieran Harvey (piano and keyboard), Xie Yu Dan (pipa), Ma Jia Jun (erhu), […]
All By 21: Alex Raineri
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Alex Raineri is doing pretty well at 21 years old. The pianist has performed with some of the country’s most respected […]
Dots+Loops: Revolutionising Live Performance
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Ever wanted to clap between movements? Grab a drink and tell the stranger next to you how damn good the music […]
The Seven Worst Things About Circular Breathing
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Wind players have long been jealous of strings, who can play and breathe at the same time. Although circular breathing has […]