News: Ten Pieces Project
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s widely accepted that early exposure to classical music is essential for inspiring creativity in young people. This is being recognised […]
Articles
Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Eisteddfods: The Best and the Blurst
BY LUCY RASH eisteddfod (aɪˈstɛdfəd; Welsh aɪˈstɛðvɔd) n, pl -fods or -fodau (Welsh aɪˌstɛðˈvɒdaɪ) 1. any of a number of annual festivals in Wales, […]
Salieri: Saint or Sinner?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Antonio Salieri has had his fair share of bad press over the last couple of centuries. Painted as a second-rate composer […]
Practice: Discussion of a Dirty Word
BY MEGAN BURSLEM Practice. The word makes me shudder. I will be upfront with you. I don’t like practising. Not one iota. […]
Maps for Losing Oneself: Nick Tsiavos
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Greek-Australian bassist Nick Tsiavos is fascinated with the past. And by past, I don’t mean a few decades ago. I mean […]
Creative Academic: Composer Cat Hope
BY SAM GILLIES Cat Hope is a composer, curator and performer, heavily involved with Australian new music. She is the founder of the Decibel […]
Hänsel and Gretel: Sarah McKellar Talks Fairy-Tale Opera
BY GABRIELLE RUTTICO If you believe that fairy-tales are for little kids and Disney fans, OperaBox and Love Opera’s Hänsel and Gretel is about […]
Discover: Vaughan Williams with Howard Shelley
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) is one of England’s most highly celebrated composers, known for his stunningly tranquil choral music and gorgeous […]
Australia First: Czech Scenographer Josef Svoboda
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hailed one of the most influential scenographers of the 20th Century, Czech set designer Josef Svoboda’s work is seen in Australia […]
2014 Federal Budget: Official Playlist
BY SAM GILLIES AND ANDREW MESSENGER The anger and gnashing of teeth that has followed our new Prime Minister’s inevitably brutal budget has left […]