Live review: Australian Chamber Orchestra

May 16, 2017

BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT   ACO Soloists Australian Chamber Orchestra, Satu Vänskä Adelaide Town Hall, 9 May   The Australian Chamber Orchestra – a group of our nation’s […]

Geoffrey Parsons $6000 award for accompanists

March 25, 2017

BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT   Australia’s longest and most significant prize celebrating the art of collaborative piano performance, The Geoffrey Parsons Award, will now become a […]

Live review: Eighth Blackbird

March 18, 2017

BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT   Eighth Blackbird Adelaide Festival and Musica Viva International Concert Season Adelaide Town Hall, 9 March   Somehow the planets aligned, and […]

Live review: La Gaia Scienza

March 18, 2017

BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT   La Gaia Scienza Adelaide Festival Adelaide Town Hall, 8 Marcy   As a young university student, I remember Barrie Kosky programming […]

Live review: Saul at the Adelaide Festival

March 11, 2017

BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT   Glyndebourne Festival Opera/Adelaide Festival  Saul by Handel Adelaide Festival Theatre, 5 March   Enfant-terrible Barrie Kosky with an impressive team of singers, […]

In conversation with guitarist Slava Grigoryan

October 29, 2016

BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT   After a 15-year break, leading Australian guitarist Slava Grigoryan makes a welcome return to perform with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and […]