My arts career during COVID-19: Sophie Rowell, concertmaster
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the entire nature of our industry has shifted — seemingly overnight — with artists forced to […]
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Bochner breaks down the music he’ll present at Ears Wide Open
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Ears Wide Open series is a concert experience like no other, guiding audiences through illuminating deconstructions […]
This concert series will help you build your classical music smarts
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR According to Nicholas Bochner, everybody knows classical music exists — but people can also feel anxious checking it out if […]
CALENDAR: These are the bushfire benefits hosted by Australia’s classical music community
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 […]
“The arts have the capacity to make the world a better place”
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Have you ever watched an orchestral performance and wondered how it all comes together so well? How the performers bring […]
Composer Cyrus Meurant talks about his stunning new vinyl release
BY GABRIELLE CADENHEAD Composer-violinist Cyrus Meurant has cultivated a vast portfolio of music for dance and theatre. He has studied composition in Sydney, Paris, and […]
Stacey Alleaume will sing a gruesome story about cursed children
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Halloween might be done and dusted, but the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming performance of Humperdinck’s classic Hansel and Gretel will […]
Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong on what it truly means to grow up
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON For mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong, Hansel and Gretel is more than just a well-known childhood tale. It’s an opera that provided her with […]
EVENTS // The MSO is going all Brothers Grimm this November
CONTENT COURTESY MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Dark and delicious, Humperdinck’s telling of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale is bewitching, beguiling fun for all folk who wish to live happily ever after. About […]
The MSO’s Thomas Hutchinson is about to perform a huge concerto
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR It’s common practice for a major Australian orchestra to invite world-renowned soloists to dazzle local audiences with their interpretations of […]