Strelitzia Piano Trio breaks onto the scene in Victoria
BY EMMA SULLIVAN Since it was formed in 2008, the Strelitzia Piano Trio has been making its mark on the Sydney chamber music landscape. From […]
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Three composers from SPIRAL talk about performing new music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The composers of SPIRAL aren’t going to wait around for opportunities to have their original music performed. These artists make the opportunities […]
Donald Chan has conducted more than 3,000 performances of West Side Story
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How many times can you present a musical work before getting so sick of it, you never want to hear it again? […]
Illustrating classical music: Eirian Chapman
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What does classical music look like? The Melbourne Youth Orchestras have teamed up with Melbourne design studio Jacky Winter to find an […]
Illustrating classical music: Ellen Porteus
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What does classical music look like? The Melbourne Youth Orchestras have teamed up with Melbourne design studio Jacky Winter to find an […]
Students in Victoria are getting a massive double bass day
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s turning out to be a big year for double bassists. First up, we saw the Women in Bass project, which brought […]
Emma Nightingale to sing in an opera “audiences identify with”
BY ALISON PARIS Opera Queensland is opening its 2019 season with John Adams’ A Flowering Tree – a fantastic tale of a young peasant woman […]
Berlin filmmakers launch platform showcasing real, musical lives
BY MYLES OAKEY, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT On Wednesday nights at Bar Zum Schmutzigen Hobby, Miss Judy Ladivina, draped in glitter and windblown by the glamour of […]
Tasman Compton has won the TSO Rising Star Competition
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Each year, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra invites young musicians to apply to be the next TSO Rising Star. Last year, 13-year-old pianist […]
Blood, Sweat, Opera // Emma Matthews, soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Last year, we took you backstage with opera stars in our interview series Behind the Curtain. This year, we’re going to take you inside the […]