28-year-old Ray Chen is rocking the world
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Ray Chen is an Olympic-level musician. No, really. He performed at the 1998 Japan Winter Olympics when he was eight. Now […]
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Rural chamber music fest launches in Tassie
BY JO ST LEON Rising from the ashes of Hobart Baroque, the inaugural Tasmanian Chamber Music Festival is the brainchild of Allanah Dopson, known […]
Will technology take over a composer’s job?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Think artificial intelligence will never take over your creative work? Here’s a project set to challenge you. Composer Alistair McLean was […]
Lucy Kong composes all your post-study insecurities
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Optimism. Disappointment. Despair. Acceptance. We’ve all felt them. These are the experiences faced when we move on from our studies and, […]
Soundscapes and cutlery: Victoria Pham talks Sonant Bodies
BY CAROL SAFFER Victoria Pham is a composer and archaeologist based in Sydney. James Maher is a writer, artist, poet and composer living in […]
Justin Williams: See me as I am
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Justin Williams was in his 20s when he co-founded his ensemble. The violist, now an assistant principal player with the Sydney […]
Dear Malcolm Turnbull: Josh Belperio votes yes (in song)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “If you think we’re weak, then think again.” Brave words from young composer Josh Belperio, who wrote them in an open […]
Benjamin Dix on Americana, meditation, and post-study life
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE According to guitarist Benjamin Dix, you can think of his new performance as “string quartet but for guitar”. Playing with the […]
The composer talks: Jenna Cave with Samuel Cottell
BY SAMUEL COTTELL I’m standing in the cold on Glebe Point Road waiting for Jenna Cave. We’re meeting at Da Capo Music store to have […]
Behind the Conversation with Lisa Cheney
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE/MAKING WAVES Have you had a listen to the Making Conversation podcast? On this day in August, the series co-founder Lisa Cheney […]