LIVE REVIEW // Wendy goes to see Herbie Hancock
BY WENDY ZHANG Herbie HancockVivid LIVESydney Opera House, 10 June Herbie Hancock? I’ve seen his music videos when I was growing up, and read about […]
June 2019
The ASO doesn’t want you to applaud its next concert
BY ANGELO VALDIVIA On June 21, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra will perform a matinee and evening concert called Silence with your ASO, in which it […]
Lotte Betts-Dean will sing of “mortality and sin” at Dark Mofo
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Dark Mofo has grown notorious for its explorations into sex and death, and this week’s concert promises nothing less morbid. Australian mezzo […]
The Melbourne Ensemble brings chamber music to an urban winery
BY EMMA SULLIVAN Have you ever watched a symphony orchestra and wanted to get to know the different personalities on stage? Melbourne Ensemble, formed in […]
Mary Lattimore will play ambient music on 47 strings
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What even is ambient music, anyway? Some would consider it music to sink into the background; a kind of atmospheric and calming […]
LIVE REVIEW // Mark listens to Folksong
BY MARK BOSCH, LEAD CRITIC FolksongAustralia EnsembleSir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, 8 June Australia Ensemble continued its 40th season Saturday night […]
How to learn from your funding rejection (and reapply to succeed)
BY TIM HANNAH Ever had an amazing idea for a project and applied for funding, only to be knocked back? Hours, days, and sometimes weeks […]
Tenzin Choegyal: “Music is life, no matter where I am”
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) We’re lucky we live in a country that boasts itself as being one of the most […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy sees Yulianna Avdeeva
BY WENDY ZHANG Yulianna Avdeeva performs Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Sydney Symphony OrchestraSydney Opera House, 17 May Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva captured the spirits […]
Rakhi Singh and Seb Gainsborough on collaboration and musical freedom
BY MYLES OAKEY (EUROPE CORRESPONDENT) Shadowing five onstage performers, a flickering analogue film gestures a bleeding heart, which rests atop a woman’s bare chest. Layered […]