LIVE REVIEW // WASO shares the stage with ANAM
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Side by SideWest Australian Symphony Orchestra with Australian National Academy of MusicPerth Concert Hall, 26 July The West Australian Symphony […]
July 2019
All the world’s a stage | Adrian Whitehall, double bass
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Should you stay in Australia to build your music career, or travel overseas in search of bigger things? What even are those bigger things? […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy goes to see Opera Australia’s Madama Butterfly
BY WENDY ZHANG Madama ButterflyOpera AustraliaSydney Opera House, 29 July Black and white with dashes of red dominated the stage of Graeme Murphy’s production Madama […]
No such thing as too many pianos
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) One pianist – check. Oh, two pianists? If you say so — check. Wait, 10 pianists?! Make no mistake: […]
LIVE REVIEW // New Music descends on Hull
BY MYLES OAKEY, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT PRS New Music Biennial 2019Various artistsHull, 12-14 July “Well that was interesting,” an elderly woman commented to her friend, sitting […]
“One of Australia’s finest sopranos” will perform alongside musicians of ANAM
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Some tremendous visiting artists have come to perform with musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music. And, even if you’ve been […]
Violist Sergio Insuasti will debut as an AWO Academy player
BY EMMA SULLIVAN The Australian World Orchestra brings together some of Australia’s best and brightest musicians from orchestras all over the world. But what you […]
Guitar Perspectives: 5 minutes with Yamandu Costa
BY ROSE DE LA MONTAÑA Welcome to our new mini interview series, in which we chat with some of the world’s top classical guitarists — each […]
Adrian Kingwell releases EP, donates all proceeds to suicide prevention
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Friendship and music-making have a lot in common: connecting with others, a sense of community, and the expression of shared […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy hears VOCES8 at the Sydney Opera House
BY WENDY ZHANG VOCES8Sydney Opera House, 16 June My idea about a cappella music came from pop culture productions like Pitch Perfect and Glee, and […]