Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

LIVE REVIEW // Kiya experiences Final Fantasy in concert

November 7, 2018

BY KIYA VAN DER LINDEN-KIAN Final Symphony Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 28 September, Hamer Hall Drawing on some of the memorable moments and music […]

Roger Young tells us about this sold-out debut album launch

November 4, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Ever wondered how to sell out your debut album launch? Ask Roger Young. The jazz player and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra violinist […]

Jeanette Little tells us about her new music for Play On

October 17, 2018

BY JEANETTE LITTLE, AS TOLD TO STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne composer Jeanette Little studied her Masters of Music at the University of Melbourne. In 2013 she […]

A chat with Australian composer Mark Holdsworth

October 8, 2018

BY KIYA VAN DER LINDEN-KIAN Writing music can often seem like a mystifying and intellectual process. But for some, the experience can be “uniquely […]

WTF?! When your whole group plays a Guadagnini

August 29, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]

EVENTS // Tan Dun conducts his newest work with MSO

August 9, 2018

CONTENT COURTESY MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA For more than a thousand years, pilgrims in China left marks of their passing in the Mogao Caves, also […]

WTF?! How should I look after my reeds?

July 30, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]

WTF?! (Successful) long-distance collaboration

July 5, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]

AYO: What’s in it for me, anyway?

June 28, 2018

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Australian Youth Orchestra launches the careers of emerging performers, arts administrators, broadcasters, and writers. This is a statement that I […]