EVENTS // Metropolis New Music Festival
CONTENT COURTESY MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE There’s a wave of new and innovative music hitting the Melbourne Recital Centre this month. Here, we bring you some […]
Metropolis New Music Festival
Composer Mark Holdsworth on his residency with a major Australian orchestra
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Being a composer today is a fairly tough gig. There’s nothing resembling a clear-cut pathway to success, the idea of […]
Composer Missy Mazzoli talks new music + past teacher
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) aims to unsettle and enjoy – a rare duality adopted in contemporary […]
“Why create limits” in your music programming?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When I read about Lisa Moore’s upcoming programs as part of her Australian National Academy of Music residency, I admittedly marvelled at […]
Ade Vincent on composing, Metropolis, and becoming a dad
BY CHLOE SANGER “There’s a balance to strike between being a specialist and a jack of all trades.” Ade Vincent would know – his […]
Gemma Peacocke composes the poems of oppressed women
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Your eyes aren’t eyes, They’re bees. I can find no cure For their sting. This is one of the folk poems […]
This is why we love Unsuk Chin
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE ‘Where words fail, music speaks.’ It’s an old quote you might know, once said by storyteller Hans Christian Anderson and growing […]
Joseph Tawadros talks “the king of all instruments”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE “It is known as the king of all instruments,” Joseph Tawadros says. “It is top of the hierarchy in the Middle […]
Why the recorder is more than just a “school instrument”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Like many of us, Alicia Crossley first started learning the recorder at school when she was about six years old. Unlike […]
Elena Kats-Chernin reveals mysteries of ancient letters
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE About a century ago, an archaeologist made a discovery among the ruins of a Chinese watchtower. He unveiled a cover of […]