Toy Pianos: Margaret Leng Tan
BY DELIA BARTLE Described as ‘Queen of the Toy Piano’, Margaret Leng Tan is a revolutionary artist who pushes the boundaries of sound as […]
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Conquering Stage Fright: Michelle DeYoung
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Metropolitan Opera. Paris Opera. New York Philharmonic. Boston Symphony Orchestra. Vienna Philharmonic. These are just a few of the leading […]
Henry Choo: Game of Thrones, Donizetti, and Fringe World
BY GABRIELLE RUTTICO OperaBox opens 2015 with flair in this week’s production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, part of the Fringe World Festival. Tenor […]
We’re playing classical music all wrong…
BY CLIVE BROWN, Professor of Applied Musicology at University of Leeds After a very drawn out and fraught construction, the Philharmonie de Paris is finally […]
Discover: The Mysteries of Bach
BY BENJAMIN MARTIN Guest writer Benjamin Martin is an award winning Australian pianist and composer. Somehow, despite all the efforts of research intent upon […]
Fade: Australian Recorder Virtuoso Genevieve Lacey
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Many of us picked up the recorder at least once as a child – but when you count how many have […]
Top 10 Must-Have Foods for Christmas Dinner with the Composers
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Dad’s carving the turkey, Mum’s roasting the veggies, and Grandma’s pudding is about to get hot. But what would be on your […]
Off key: women composers get a raw deal on play rates
BY SALLY MACARTHUR, University of Western Sydney Women make up 25 per cent of the Australian composing population but still get a raw deal when […]
When Spain Meets Melbourne: Andrew Blanch
BY UMA MUTHIA The warm Spanish sun sets over the sound of lively castanets, passionate serenades, a clicking of heels and the whirling of […]
Better than Broadway: Alice Chance and Will Yaxley
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you’ve ever thought about performing in a musical, I guarantee you this: fun will be had. School musicals are some […]