Alex Palmer: “Working on an equal playing field should be the norm”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Alice and Alex at the Independent Theatre. Nice ring to it, right? These like-minded Sydney composers are set to host a […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Callum Henshaw talks practice, tour, and new album
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN, LEAD WRITER Callum Henshaw is a bit of a wunderkind. Hailing from Canberra, he first picked up the guitar as a […]
WTF?! Performing all your own works in one concert
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
Performing the voice of the whale
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Every few seconds, all day and night, sonic blasts are fired into the waters. The idea is to explore the area […]
GROUP INTERVIEW // Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble in conversation
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE One might suggest that the world itself should take a leaf from Silkroad Ensemble’s book. The group brings together a collection […]
Con Fuoco | Jessica Taylor, soprano
Welcome to Con Fuoco, our series with emerging artists in Australia. Jessica Taylor is an Australian soprano studying a Graduate Diploma in Music at […]
Life as a young and successful Australian pianist
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) With a string of major prizes to his name, it’s no surprise that Vietnamese-born Australian pianist Hoang Pham […]
Canberra musicians are fighting to save their education
BY LILY BRYANT In 2014, I auditioned at the Australian National University School of Music for its prestigious H Course. Each week, my peers […]
This is what it’s like to play in the orchestra for VO
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Magical things happen at the opera – there’s no question about that. But there’s also no question that the attention is […]
Julia Fredersdorff chats about Tassie’s fastest-growing baroque band
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For a little while, Tasmania could claim the Van Diemen’s Band as its own. But when you gather the finest baroque […]