Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

How the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has become a digital leader

October 15, 2020

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The pandemic has shifted the Australian arts industry into unrecognisable territory. It’s been tough, but we’ve learnt a key lesson throughout the […]

Tommie Andersson on teaching himself how to play (and travel with) a theorbo

October 9, 2020

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Tommie Andersson has been with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra since the very beginning. The founding member has spent precisely three decades making […]

CALENDAR: These are the bushfire benefits hosted by Australia’s classical music community

January 19, 2020

BY JASMINE MIDDLETON In the wake of devastating bushfires around our country, Australian musicians have refused to stay quiet. In response to this national emergency […]

“One of Australia’s finest sopranos” will perform alongside musicians of ANAM

July 26, 2019

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Some tremendous visiting artists have come to perform with musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music. And, even if you’ve been […]

Alex Palmer: “Working on an equal playing field should be the norm”

October 17, 2018

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 […]

John Glover experiences Thomas Tallis’ England

March 12, 2018

BY JOHN GLOVER Thomas Tallis’ England Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Melbourne Recital Centre, 24 February What’d you miss? A tour through 16-17th Century England Chilling […]

How my dual musical identity shaped me

June 28, 2017

BY SHANE LESTIDEAU One of my favourite expressions goes like this: ‘There’s no path, just walking’. Sometimes I feel as though this describes my career […]

Art and music combine for Live at Level 28

May 30, 2017

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Imagine: You can hear the abstract sounds of melodies from a nearby space. Wine glass in hand, you stride past an […]

Natasha Wilson: “Music, movement, with a lot of passion”

May 8, 2017

BY KATIE MILLER-CRISPE Where can you go to hear thrilling Spanish and Catalan Baroque music as acrobats fly overhead? New Zealand soprano Natasha Wilson, […]