Emily Sheppard is confronting ageism and invisibility through this new Tasmanian album
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In 2021, Emily Sheppard was announced as one of the recipients of the ABC Classic Composer Commissioning Fund. The Tasmanian composer and […]
Michael Kieran Harvey
“New music is fundamental to expressing the experiences of today”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Australian National Academy of Music has connected 67 musicians with 67 composers. The idea is to create a vast collection of […]
Live review: Objetos de Imitacion
BY THOMAS MISSON Objetos de Imitacion New music by various composers Simon Reade (conductor), Michael Kieran Harvey (piano), Benjamin Price (saxophone), Graeme Jennings (violin), Dan Brown (percussion) […]
Nicholas Young: What does it mean to be a virtuoso?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE At 25 years old, Nicholas Young might very well be considered a piano virtuoso. The Young Steinway Artist won the 2016 […]
Scott McIntyre, the ‘conservative modernist’ composer
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Only the dedicated listener is able to draw comparisons between two seemingly unrelated works – and then spin the resulting interpretation […]
Writing for piano (and destroying the universe)
BY SCOTT MCINTYRE As I start work on my Piano Sonata No.4, I pause and think about the creation of these works and the […]
Live Review: Typhoon
BY THOMAS MISSON ‘Typhoon’ Brian Ritchie (shakuhachi and acoustic bass), Michael Kieran Harvey (piano and keyboard), Xie Yu Dan (pipa), Ma Jia Jun (erhu), […]