Live review // Syzygy’s Pagan Dances
BY NICHOLAS COLLINS Syzygy Ensemble Pagan Dances Melbourne Recital Centre, 10 May When singing, lyrics are there to help paint a picture the […]
2018
This is how classical guitars are made
BY MATT WITHERS – AUSTRALIAN GUITARIST Imagine a guitar that can sing, producing the deepest bass to the highest treble, evenly and with good […]
33 thoughts I had while watching La Traviata
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE La Traviata Opera Australia Arts Centre Melbourne, 28 April Act 1 Why is everybody saying that opera is ‘dead’? This […]
This orchestra makes you “uplifted, inspired, excited, moved, reflective”
BY LAURA BIEMMI Whether or not you live in Perth, you’ve probably heard of the Perth Symphony Orchestra. Launched in 2011 by executive director […]
EVENTS // The Spirit of Spain
CONTENT SUPPLIED Young Steinway Artist Nicholas Young joins internationally renowned 10-string guitarist Matthew Fagan to combine musical passion and virtuosity to celebrate the Spirit of Spain – […]
Standing on a piano in New York City
BY SYLVIE WOODS While I lay in bed scrolling through Instagram and eating crumbs out of my bellybutton yesterday*, Yvette Keong popped up in […]
EVENTS // That Which Resonates, That Which Decays
CONTENT COURTESY BIANCA GANNON You may have heard some Balinese gamelan, but have you ever heard it combined with piano, trumpet and electronics? On […]
The young artists of chamber music: Julian Bliss, clarinet
BY LAURA BIEMMI The Australian Festival of Chamber Music is one of the most significant events in Australia’s concert calendar. Dedicated to bringing a […]
WTF?! Why are cathedral acoustics so amazing?
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 […]
Valuing young players in the orchestra
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a cellist during performance? It gets pretty complicated. Eliza Sdraulig says her […]