Nonsemble: Composing a Japanese Board Game
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Brisbane’s Nonsemble fuses pop with post-rock and chamber music for innovative works and performance experiences. The group’s latest album ‘Go Seigen […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Vivaldi Unwired: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra meets Max Richter
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’ is often cited as the most widely recorded work of classical music. Max Richter’s Vivaldi ‘Four Seasons […]
Translucent Duo: Breaking New Ground
BY SAMUEL COTTELL The Philosophy Translucent Duo are breaking new ground on the Australian new music scene. They are young, energetic, and passionate musicians […]
Jim Rolon and the Composer Polaroid Series
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Jim Rolon has been a portrait photographer for more than 30 years. Originally from New York, his career has included photographing […]
Guitar Virtuoso: Minh Le Hoang
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The guitar is a versatile instrument. It goes with the flow. For hundreds of years, it’s followed the hottest trends and […]
Natalie Williams: The Hildegard Project
BY DELIA BARTLE Natalie Williams is an award-winning composer whose works have been performed in Europe, Australia and the United States. She is the […]
30 Years and Counting: Howard Shelley & TSO
BY ANGUS DAVISON Acclaimed British pianist and conductor Howard Shelley returns to Australia in 2015 for the 30th consecutive year. Continuing his long association […]
Revealed: Tassie’s Top Emerging Composers
BY ANGUS DAVISON, TASMANIAN COMPOSER Deep within the labyrinth of the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, something’s stirring. Whispers hang tense in the air. Hunched, […]
James Macaulay on “Middle Class, White” Jazz
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne jazz trombonist James Macaulay enters the spotlight with his quartet at the Kew Court House this month. Joined by award-winning […]
Bernard Walz : Crackling, Sparkling, and Popping with Gershwin
BY SAMUEL COTTELL From the opening clarinet glissando to the stunning piano cadenza, Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody In Blue’ is a work that has permeated popular culture […]