EXPOSED! Life in the orchestra with Emma McGrath, concertmaster
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you ever wondered what life is really like in the orchestra? Welcome to EXPOSED! Throughout 2017, we’re teaming up with musicians and […]
2017
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 […]
Sex, murder, betrayal (and music) with Pekka Kuusisto
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Music rarely hides away from the confronting – or the disturbing. Some of the greatest and most loved works in history […]
Ensemble Three presents new music in Australian Electric
Joel Brennan (trumpet), Don Immel (trombone), and Ken Murray (guitar), form Australian ensemble Three, and they’re set to perform at the Melbourne Recital Centre this […]
Dane Lam talks leadership across the continents
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When it comes to an impressive conducting career, we can conclude that Dane Lam has made it in Australia. He’s also made […]
Cheating, Lying, Stealing…and Angus Davison
The Hobart Wind Symphony with conductor Simon Reade will premiere Angus Davison’s striking new work Fantasia on a Webern Row alongside works by Reade, David […]
Mofo #4: Experiencing music tech at the festival
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON Music technology at Mona Foma Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, 21 January The Glass Elevator: Chimera π As I […]
Mofo #3: Hinterlandt
BY THOMAS MISSON Hinterlandt Mona Foma Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, 21 January At what we affectionately call Mofo, the Museum […]
Mofo #2: Carolina Eyck on theremin
BY THOMAS MISSON Carolina Eyck Mona Foma Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, 20 January Many people know the theremin from the […]
A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra in 2017
BY LEAH BLANKENDAAL AND STEPHANIE ESLAKE Can you identify with any of the following? I’m pretty young (or, young at heart) I dig classical music […]