classical music magazines

“Have the courage to be yourself”: How Trio Orelon won $25k at this international music competition

July 28, 2023

BY CUTCOMMON It’s been a couple of weeks since young musicians from around the world received some extraordinary news: they had won a prize in […]

4 classical music concerts you can check out in August

July 28, 2023

BY CUTCOMMON The Melbourne Recital Centre scheduled some ripper gigs in its July program: popular guitar brothers Ziggy & Miles had commissioned a new piece […]

Student activism inspires Sydney Conservatorium to better represent women composers

May 25, 2023

CONTENT COURTESY SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC The Sydney Conservatorium of Music has unveiled busts of three composers and musicians in its library to inspire students, […]

56 concerts in 10 days? Welcome to ANAM Quartetthaus

April 28, 2023

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A portable timber cube seats 52 audience members, and they’re positioned in circles around a tiny stage. A string quartet is stationed […]

LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey hears Jupiter Ensemble at Princeton

April 5, 2023

BY JEFFREY CHARLES PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT Jupiter EnsemblePresented by Princeton University ConcertsRichardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 30 March I recently […]

Fiachra Garvey is introducing 60 young musicians to the London Philharmonic Orchestra

February 24, 2023

BY JOSEPH ASQUITH, UK CORRESPONDENT Classical Vauxhall is a series of concerts in the London district of Vauxhall. Sponsored by Vauxhall One, this concert series […]

“Being a composer is trusting your gut,” reckons Ego Plum (The Cuphead Show)

December 13, 2022

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE He’s known as The Cartoon Composer — and in 2022 he scored one of the truest-to-genre shows to land on Netflix. Inspired […]

Tour reflections: Violinist Kristian Winther with Signum Saxophone Quartet

November 30, 2022

BY CHANTAL NGUYEN Last month, we teamed up with Musica Viva to chat with Signum Saxophone Quartet and composer Jessica Wells about their national tour, […]

Caerwen Martin wrote music for “the coolest bunch of people” she met in children’s hospitals

November 14, 2022

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne Chamber Orchestra will soon present a program of familiar classics from Haydn, Mozart, and the like. But nestled between these works […]