Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

“Brokenness and healing”: Liza Lim shares the inspiration behind her new cello concerto

January 30, 2025

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 […]

In conversation with Chloe Chua, soloist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra

January 23, 2025

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 […]

Classical music is not isolated from politics. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra should know this

August 17, 2024

BY PETER TREGEAR, THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, THE CONVERSATION The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) announced it was an error to cancel a scheduled concerto performance […]

Nicholas Bochner is inviting you to rediscover the classics through a modern-day lens

July 11, 2024

BY MIRANDA ILCHEF Nicholas Bochner has always found his spark by getting involved in “musical projects that get us closer to the audience – those […]

From timpani to the podium, Jen Winley sheds light on a fulfilling career

July 8, 2024

BY MIRANDA ILCHEF Orchestral percussionist to classroom teacher to professional conductor isn’t a typical career trajectory — but it’s a path Jen Winley found herself […]

What it’s like to be an assistant conductor with a major symphony orchestra

June 26, 2024

BY CUTCOMMON Australian conductor Leonard Weiss has been making waves overseas, from his recent Churchill Fellowship achievement to his roles as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s […]

How Katy Abbott composed a work of compassion for asylum seekers in offshore detention

June 6, 2024

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 […]

Jack Schiller is slated to perform a bassoon concerto with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

May 3, 2024

BY CUTCOMMON Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto is not an uncommon work. But owing to the relative scarcity of this orchestral instrument, you’re unlikely to hear it […]

Erin Helyard will perform in this indulgent festival of Baroque classics

March 20, 2024

BY MIRANDA ILCHEF, LEAD WRITER Over the past decade, Baroque repertoire has made quite a resurgence in Australia’s orchestral programming. As a violinist, I feel […]