How pianist Natalya Aynsley ditched convention to launch a dream career in pop culture music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Natalya Aynsley never graduated from a conservatorium of music. In fact, she stopped studying piano at just 17 years old. It might […]
2024
EVENTS // Piano+ presents the Future of Classical Music with Reuben Tsang
CONTENT COURTESY PIANO+ Catch Reuben Tsang on the rise as he performs masterpieces by Scarlatti, Fauré, Brahms (Piano Sonata No.1 in C major Op.1), and Mozart (Piano Sonata No.3 in B […]
How one photographer’s generosity is shaping the arts media landscape
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s hard to find the right words to introduce Peter Hislop. He’s a photographer who has spent much of his life capturing […]
A new music education opportunity is launching in regional Australia
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE There’s a new music education opportunity coming to regional Australia, and more than 130 pianists can take part. Piano+ is about to […]
What do you wish you’d known before starting your music degree?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Georgina Palmer is a composition student. She’s studying at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, but before she got there, she had no […]
How Jasmin Wing-Yin Leung secured funding for her dream project
BY CUTCOMMON If you’re a composer looking for funding to help bring your project to life, the APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund should be high […]
EVENTS // The Sounds of Chow Gar with Shugorei
CONTENT COURTESY 4000 RECORDS Shugorei, experimental music duo from Meanjin/Brisbane, is collaborating with the Australian School of Kung Fu and Tai Chi to draw out […]
How Danny Lucin’s mixed ensemble is “pioneering early brass in Australia”
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER Danny Lucin has a particularly strong passion for the cornetto (the historical wind instrument rather than the ice cream). Considered […]
‘Caring as much as you do was killing you’. We need to talk about burnout in the arts
BY KATHERINE (KATE) POWER, THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND Burnout is an occupational hazard in many people-focused jobs. People in these roles routinely go “above and […]