Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne Chamber Orchestra will soon present a program of familiar classics from Haydn, Mozart, and the like. But nestled between these works […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Growing up in the ’80s, Cornel Wilczek was allowed to watch as much TV as he wanted. Rather than developing a serious […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The School for Good and Evil is a tale of heroes, villains, and their training ground. For composer Theodore Shapiro, this story […]
BY CUTCOMMON Cosmic Time is a journey through the elements of the universe. Animal heartbeats, microtonal tubes, singing bowls, and human breath are just a […]
BY CUTCOMMON Four concerts. Two days. A whole bunch of talented instrumentalists performing at their best. This is the ANAM Chamber Music Festival. It’s a […]
BY CUTCOMMON Four concerts. Two days. A whole bunch of talented instrumentalists performing at their best. This is the ANAM Chamber Music Festival. It’s a […]
BY CUTCOMMON Ever heard a C melody saxophone? Probably not. This unusual instrument from the saxophone family was all the rage in the 1920s — […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE You’d be hard-pressed to find a musician who hasn’t experienced injury. From a stiff neck to a painful finger, full-blown tendonitis to […]
BY CUTCOMMON In 2021, Nikki Jian won the Albury Chamber Music Festival prize. This year, the 13-year-old pianist returns to the festival to present her […]
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For the past decade, Peter Knight has helmed the Australian Art Orchestra as its artistic director — a role he feels mirrors […]
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