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WTF?! Why do we give viola such a bad wrap?

June 4, 2018

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 […]

Behind the Curtain | Sam Roberts-Smith, baritone

June 4, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE So you’ve been to see the opera. Maybe you were a concertgoer, taken aback by the majestic staging and tales of […]

Why you should start taking sax seriously

June 3, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Much to the bother of some purist performers, saxophone and classical music are set to collide this week in a concert […]

Nima Fakhrara on scoring PS4 game Detroit: Become Human

May 31, 2018

BY CHRISTOPHER LEON, GLOBAL SERIES COORDINATOR When composers work together on a film, TV series, or video game, they’re often required to collaborate to […]

This is how classical guitars are made

May 29, 2018

BY MATT WITHERS – AUSTRALIAN GUITARIST Imagine a guitar that can sing, producing the deepest bass to the highest treble, evenly and with good […]

This orchestra makes you “uplifted, inspired, excited, moved, reflective”

May 29, 2018

BY LAURA BIEMMI Whether or not you live in Perth, you’ve probably heard of the Perth Symphony Orchestra. Launched in 2011 by executive director […]

Standing on a piano in New York City

May 28, 2018

BY SYLVIE WOODS While I lay in bed scrolling through Instagram and eating crumbs out of my bellybutton yesterday*, Yvette Keong popped up in […]

The young artists of chamber music: Julian Bliss, clarinet

May 26, 2018

BY LAURA BIEMMI The Australian Festival of Chamber Music is one of the most significant events in Australia’s concert calendar. Dedicated to bringing a […]

WTF?! Why are cathedral acoustics so amazing?

May 25, 2018

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 […]