EVENTS // The Sounds of Australia shine this November
CONTENT COURTESY ANAM To round off 2024, the musicians of ANAM present a festival of Australian music, Sounds of Australia. This year’s festival will explore […]
October 2024
EVENTS // Piano+ presents The Young Virtuosi
CONTENT COURTESY PIANO+ Presented by Piano+ in collaboration with the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, two phenomenal young prize-winning soloists, Jeonghwan Kim (piano) and Yeyeong […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey hears Cécile McLorin Salvant at Princeton
BY JEFFREY PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT Cécile McLorin Salvant, VocalsAlexander Hall, Princeton University, New Jersey, 9 October “The applause of them that judge, is the […]
Nat Bartsch’s relaxed performances provide “a place where you can be yourself”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Booked your tickets for that concert you were thinking of attending? Great. Now you just need to figure out how you’ll get […]
“Culture isn’t stagnant”: Australian Art Orchestra celebrates 30 years of change
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Australian Art Orchestra is celebrating its 30th birthday. But it’s certainly not getting old. Artistic director Aaron Choulai goes so far […]
4 concerts to check out in Melbourne this November
BY CUTCOMMON Let’s face it — by November, most of us are either in holiday mode, or wrapping up our end-of-year projects so we can […]
How a new student-led music festival is training artists to look beyond genre
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have we finally come to the end of that age-old divide between ‘classical’ and ‘contemporary’ music cultures? If a new student-led music […]
Jayson Gillham files legal action against Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Acclaimed Australian-British pianist Jayson Gillham has filed legal proceedings against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) in the Federal Court of Australia, following the controversial cancellation of his performance in […]
Naomi Dodd is making the bass drop
BY LILY BRYANT “You spend all this time working on your piece in your little house, like a bit of a hermit” is how Naomi […]
Steven Isserlis on Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER This October, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will have the great fortune of welcoming one of the greatest cellists and musicians […]