A win 8 years in the making: Zoe Drummond takes home The Mathy
BY SYLVIE WOODS, LEAD WRITER (NSW) The winner of the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition this year is 25-year-old Zoe Drummond. The Victorian soprano’s […]
2018
Mad Music is a mental “health forum that people actually want to go to”
BY JESSIE WANG When we hear the term ‘classical music’, most of us have an image of a concert hall filled with a quiet […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy has a Brahms revelation
BY WENDY ZHANG Brahms Revelation Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House, 31 August Brahms Revelation was a concert celebration not only of Brahms’ […]
Timothy Young talks Debussy (and being an annoying kid)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When you were a kid, did you ever nag your parents because you really, really, REALLY just had to have this […]
Behind the Curtain | Teddy Tahu Rhodes
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE So you’ve been to see the opera. Maybe you were a concertgoer, taken aback by the majestic staging and tales of […]
Stuart Skelton on gang mentality and Peter Grimes
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN UPDATE 15 JULY 2019: Stuart will revisit this role with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra this July 25 and 27. The dramatic colossus […]
Tristan Coelho talks us through his music for Spectral Tech
BY TRISTAN COELHO AS TOLD TO STEPHANIE ESLAKE This month, we introduce you to the three Australian composers developing new works with Ensemble Offspring […]
EXPOSED! Life in the orchestra with Mitchell Nissen, principal bass trombone
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you ever wondered what life is really like in the orchestra? Welcome to EXPOSED! In 2018, we continue to team up with […]
Just what do we talk about when we talk about investment in the arts?
BY MARK BOSCH Any nuanced view will take into account what it means to invest in the arts well, which is undoubtedly a matter of degree […]
LISTEN // A new podcast for emerging musicians just landed
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE You might’ve read a story last month featuring Nikki Edgar – the young musician who enlightened us about composition and improvised […]