Live Review: Lucia di Lammermoor
MADELINE ROYCROFT Lucia di Lammermoor Victorian Opera Her Majesty’s Theatre, 12 April Melbourne’s opera-going masses cram into Her Majesty’s Theatre to witness Jessica […]
April 2016
Rafael Karlen in an exploration of memory
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A library houses a collection of memories. Biographies sharing a person’s childhood; volumes detailing the knowledge an author spent his life […]
Live Review: TSO and Lacey go Bach to the Future
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Bach to the Future Works by Kats-Chernin, Haydn, Mozart, and Barber Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with Genevieve Lacey Federation Concert Hall, 9 […]
CD Review: Francesca Prihasti’s Evolving
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Evolving Francesca Prihasti CD launches May 4 Evolving, recorded in New York with Rodney Green (drums), Orlando Le Fleming (double bass) and […]
Live Review: Huon Quartet in Kettering
BY THOMAS MISSON Works by Perotin, Shostakovich, and Beethoven Huon Quartet Kettering Community Hall, 10 April Not deterred by the gusty weather outside, the Kettering […]
Sally Whitwell ready to present the “jukebox of her mind”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE ARIA-winning composer Sally Whitwell is tapping into the “jukebox of her mind” this weekend as she teams up with Sydney Philharmonia’s […]
Live Review: Romantic Memories with SSO
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Romantic Memories Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House, 6 April Alban Berg never heard his Violin Concerto performed, but it […]
MGQ’s Ben Dix chats about ‘the guitar family’
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The new Melbourne Guitar Foundation met with great success in its 2015 season, having hosted concerts with international talent from Johannes […]
8 Young Superstars Taking the World by Storm
MADELINE ROYCROFT It’s National Youth Week in Australia, which means we’re joining in to celebrate people aged 12-25. In the classical music world, ‘young’ […]
Asking the tough questions with Mahan Esfahani
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Mahan Esfahani was a child when he explored the piano with his father. But the instrument served as the simple “nuts […]