Gemma Peacocke composes the poems of oppressed women
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Your eyes aren’t eyes, They’re bees. I can find no cure For their sting. This is one of the folk poems […]
Articles
Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
WTF?! Can we really ‘hear’ art?
Welcome to our new series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring you informed answers […]
The sound of Europe has never been closer
BY MYLES OAKEY Shakespeare’s Globe, situated by the River Thames and backing on to the bustling Borough Market, is a living homage to the […]
An interview with composer Liza Lim
BY LAURA BIEMMI Composer Liza Lim has received the Don Banks Award Award to recognise her outstanding contribution to the Australian and international music […]
Behind the Curtain | Perry Joyce, educator
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 […]
This is why we love Unsuk Chin
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE ‘Where words fail, music speaks.’ It’s an old quote you might know, once said by storyteller Hans Christian Anderson and growing […]
Contemporary classical…or prog rock?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Joshua Rivory describes himself as a “post-genre composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist”. Today, we bring you the world premiere of this Brisbane […]
Are you a Young Symphonist in the making?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When Francois Combemorel started teaching, he didn’t like it much. Stopping after only a few months, he says: “I was feeling […]
What it’s like to perform with your mentor
BY ZOE DOUGLAS-KINGHORN When Maraika Smit was in primary school, she saw a performance by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra that changed her life. Inspired […]
Con Fuoco: Sophie Van Dijk, violin and composition
Welcome to Con Fuoco, our interview series with emerging artists in Australia. Sophie Van Dijk is an Australian composer and violinist, currently studying a […]