EVENTS // That Which Resonates, That Which Decays
CONTENT COURTESY BIANCA GANNON You may have heard some Balinese gamelan, but have you ever heard it combined with piano, trumpet and electronics? On […]
May 2018
The young artists of chamber music: Julian Bliss, clarinet
BY LAURA BIEMMI The Australian Festival of Chamber Music is one of the most significant events in Australia’s concert calendar. Dedicated to bringing a […]
WTF?! Why are cathedral acoustics so amazing?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
Valuing young players in the orchestra
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a cellist during performance? It gets pretty complicated. Eliza Sdraulig says her […]
Thomas Green: Finding a sound that is my own
BY THOMAS GREEN Thomas Green is the composer of Turbine – Collusion’s latest chamber ballet. It will premiere at MELT Festival on 23 May. Here, Thomas writes […]
EVENTS // The Spirit of Churaki and The Break
An extraordinary line-up of legendary Australian musicians under the musical direction of Brian Ritchie will perform at HOTA this Saturday for The Spirit of Churaki […]
Behind the Curtain | Milijana Nikolic, mezzo-soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE So you’ve been to see the opera. Maybe you were a concertgoer, taken aback by the majestic staging and tales of […]
Con Fuoco | Josephine Stark, soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to Con Fuoco, our interview series with emerging artists in Australia. Josephine Stark is a young soprano currently in […]
An interview with electric bassist and composer Siebe Pogson
BY PHILIP POGSON This is a father-son interview. How lovely is that? Since its first performance three years ago, Elysian Fields – Australia’s only […]
EVENTS // Forest Collective and Addison
Forest Collective, in collaboration with queer artist Addison, present a reflection on technology and emotion. Sparking life and movement, or suffusing inertia, technology increasingly works […]