2018

WTF?! Why do we call everything “classical”?

September 27, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]

LIVE REVIEW // Sylvie sees Mary Poppins with the SSO

September 26, 2018

BY SYLVIE WOODS Disney in Concert: Mary Poppins (world premiere) Sydney Symphony Orchestra 14 September, Sydney Opera House Following the success of such well-loved films […]

LIVE REVIEW // Emma sees the Victorian Opera and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

September 26, 2018

BY EMMA SULLIVAN The Capulets and the Montagues Victorian Opera and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Hamer Hall, 14 September What’d you miss? Two powerhouses arts […]

LIVE REVIEW // Bridget sees Stuart Skelton in Peter Grimes

September 26, 2018

BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN Peter Grimes Opera Queensland with Rory Macdonald (conductor), Stuart Skelton (heldentenor), and special guests Brisbane Festival QPAC, 22 September What’d you […]

LIVE REVIEW // Miranda sees Ashkenazy’s Romeo and Juliet

September 26, 2018

BY MIRANDA ILCHEF Ashkenazy’s Romeo and Juliet Sydney Symphony Orchestra with Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) and Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Sydney Opera House, 22 September What’d […]

LIVE REVIEW // Jessie learns about music and memory

September 26, 2018

BY JESSIE WANG Music & Memory This Sounds Like Science (ongoing series) Presented as part of National Science Week with Inspiring Australia and Sydney Science Festival City […]

Zoltan Fecso creates mesmerising new music through “pointillism”

September 26, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you heard of pointillism? It’s the awe-inspiring technique with which painters create large works based on thousands, perhaps millions, of tiny dots […]

Alex Pozniak talks us through his music for Spectral Tech

September 25, 2018

BY ALEX POZNIAK AS TOLD TO STEPHANIE ESLAKE This month, we introduce you to the three Australian composers developing new works with Ensemble Offspring […]