Giving Voice: ANAM Fellowship Project
BY MICHAEL HAMMELMANN Works by Berio, Feldman and Boulez will be part of Justine Anderson’s Australian National Academy of Music Fellowship project Giving Voice. […]
May 2015
Live Review: Petrichor Sax
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Petrichor Sax Glebe Justice Centre, 23 May 2015 It is always refreshing to see a concert where the most venerable […]
Christian Leotta: Taking On Beethoven
BY THOMAS MISSON By the press, Christian Leotta has been described as one of the greatest Beethoven soloists of our time. It seems no […]
Live Review: Tom Thum meets QSO in ‘Thum Prints’
BY ANDREW MESSENGER ‘Thum Prints: a concerto contradiction for beatbox and orchestra’ by Gordon Hamilton, world premiere Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Tom Thum Powerhouse, Newfarm, 16 […]
Emerging Ensemble: Petrichor Sax
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Petrichor Sax is a Sydney-based saxophone ensemble committed to performing new Australian works. Formed in 2012, they have performed around Sydney […]
Live Review: Gomyo Plays Tchaikovsky
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE ‘Gomyo Plays Tchaikovsky’ Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky and Symphony No 10 by Shostakovich Karen Gomyo, violin and Mark Wigglesworth, conductor Tasmanian Symphony […]
Live Review: Opera Australia’s Don Giovanni
BY LUCY RASH Opera Australia ‘Don Giovanni’ by Mozart State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, 11 May 2015 It took a lagging front of […]
Nonsemble: Composing a Japanese Board Game
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Brisbane’s Nonsemble fuses pop with post-rock and chamber music for innovative works and performance experiences. The group’s latest album ‘Go Seigen […]
Vivaldi Unwired: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra meets Max Richter
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’ is often cited as the most widely recorded work of classical music. Max Richter’s Vivaldi ‘Four Seasons […]
Live Review: Opera Australia’s Madama Butterfly
BY MICHAEL HAMMELMANN Opera Australia ‘Madama Butterfly’ by Puccini State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, 6 May 2015. With boundless energy and breath-taking imagery, […]