LIVE REVIEW // Celine enters the Hidden Dome
BY CELINE CHONG Hidden Dome: Beginnings Simply for Strings, 30 July Audience members slowly trickled into the hidden dome. The space was a-buzz […]
August 2018
LIVE REVIEW // A trip to 1966 Melbourne with Ensemble Density
BY ANNI KALCO Structures (Melbourne, ’66) Ensemble Density Melbourne Recital Centre Salon, 31 July I don’t know if I felt transported back in […]
LIVE REVIEW // Celine totally loved this QSO gig
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) Soloists and Spontaneity Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alondra de la Parra, featuring artist-in-residence Sergio Tiempo QPAC, 4 […]
EVENTS // Simone Young Conducts Brahms
CONTENT COURTESY ANAM The musical partnership between Simone Young and ANAM’s musicians has provided Melbourne with some enduring musical memories: a Brahms series of […]
This new duo is thinking outside of the box
BY LILY BRYANT It can be hard to imagine music that doesn’t fit neatly into boxes. As listeners, we’re used to genre-specific radio stations […]
A chat with the winner of the Matt Withers Australian Music Composition Competition
BY CARISSA DYALL In many ways, the classical guitar is an isolated instrument. If you’ve ever seen it performed, it’s likely you’ll have heard […]
Women on the podium | Renee Heron
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN, LEAD WRITER Gender equality. What does it look like in the orchestra? Blind auditions and gender-neutral concert blacks may bring balance into classical […]
A chat with soprano Georgia Melville (before she battles for The Mathy)
BY SYLVIE WOODS, LEAD WRITER (NSW) A competition where every finalist receives a 60-minute massage voucher? Yes please. Each year, the IFAC Handa Australian […]
Women on the podium | Nickea Warrener
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN, LEAD WRITER Gender equality. What does it look like in the orchestra? Blind auditions and gender-neutral concert blacks may bring balance into classical […]
EVENTS // Tan Dun conducts his newest work with MSO
CONTENT COURTESY MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA For more than a thousand years, pilgrims in China left marks of their passing in the Mogao Caves, also […]