“Brokenness and healing”: Liza Lim shares the inspiration behind her new cello concerto
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In the Japanese art of kintsugi, a broken piece of pottery is not discarded, but instead repaired with precious materials. Chipped edges […]
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In conversation with Chloe Chua, soloist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Singapore Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1979. It’s the flagship orchestra for a country of around six million people. It’s been […]
How to write a compelling application for the Art Music Fund
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Each year, the APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund supports the creation of several new pieces of Australian and New Zealand music. With […]
Nat Bartsch’s relaxed performances provide “a place where you can be yourself”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Booked your tickets for that concert you were thinking of attending? Great. Now you just need to figure out how you’ll get […]
Véronique Serret sings stories of nature in her new album Migrating Bird
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Véronique Serret has performed as concertmaster of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, played in bands with Archie Roach, and worked with the Australian Chamber […]
Kaylie Melville talks us through her new leadership role with Speak Percussion
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Where will your music career take you? For Melbourne percussionist Kaylie Melville, it led her into major festival appearances, premieres of Australian […]
Eliza Shephard is asking Australia to “think big and be brave” in programming works by women
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Eliza Shephard has long been concerned with a lack of representation in the Australian music industry. She wanted to see more works […]
Amy Rita releases new piano music inspired by the winter solstice
BY LILY BRYANT Amidst the seemingly never-ending discussion about the inaccessibility of classical music, a quiet hero has emerged: contemporary-classical piano. A genre perfectly suited […]
Cameron Lam on music careers, slowing down, and composing with colour
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s safe to say that most makers and listeners of Australian art music will have heard of Cameron Lam. They’re curator of […]
How Katy Abbott composed a work of compassion for asylum seekers in offshore detention
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER While looking back at her most recent creative undertakings, Australian composer Katy Abbott acknowledges she has “a penchant for setting […]