Simon Bruckard on conducting with Victorian Opera
BY LEAH BLANKENDAAL Repetiteur and conductor Simon Bruckard, 25, is part of the Victorian Opera’s Professional Development Program following his graduation from the Master […]
July 2016
Duo Vela: Across the Seas Tour
Daniel Nistico (guitar) returns to his homeland Australia to perform with flautist Marla Nistico for their Across the Seas Tour. The two musos are known […]
Australian Festival of Chamber Music starts this month
One of the nation’s biggest celebrations of chamber music and those who bring it to life is set to kick off very soon. The Australian […]
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 […]
Thoughts during a live performance of Ives
BY CAMPBELL BANKS ‘I bet that quarter-tone piano would have sounded amazing.’ Well, there’s a thought I could never have predicted would wind its […]
Roberto Alagna and Siobhan Stagg tour
Superstar of the tenor world Roberto Alagna will tour Australia for the first time this month, bringing with him a mixture of operatic arias and […]
Melbourne Philharmonia Project: Solitary Pathways
It’s the second concert for new “orchestral movement” the Melbourne Philharmonia Project, and you’re invited. Under the baton of Artistic Director Clinton Daley and joined […]
Classical music our way: Melbourne Philharmonia Project
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Melbourne Philharmonia Project defines itself with ambition: “An orchestral movement changing the perceptions of classical music”. And we love it. Hitting […]