This new competition is striking a chord with young Australian school kids
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Musica Viva has had numerous programs aiming to make classical music more accessible for young people […]
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“In my idealistic world, we could do without the idea of genre”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE At the Sydney Opera House, there’s a series of events called Utzon Music. And its striking program is curated to bring the […]
“Mistakes are not the end of the world,” says winner of the biggest piano award in Australia
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s been close to two years since Oliver She took out his win at the last Australian National Piano Award in Shepparton. […]
Rohan Dasika will perform live music in nature at this beautiful, coastal festival
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR Since 1991, musicians and audiences from all corners of the country have trekked to Bermagui in New South Wales to […]
Howard Shore explains how he composes his fantasy worlds
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN The Lost Prince is a film for anyone who has ever been a parent or a child. The French […]
Nicholas Bochner breaks down the music he’ll present at Ears Wide Open
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Ears Wide Open series is a concert experience like no other, guiding audiences through illuminating deconstructions […]
WAO is staging a creepy opera, in a park, at night…
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hansel and Gretel is that creepy fairytale about the children who venture deep into the forest, and are drawn to a disturbed […]
Composer Alex Baranowski pays homage to his family in this post-WWII film about the children
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN For Alex Baranowski, The Windermere Children wasn’t an ordinary scoring project. Though the BBC/Wall to Wall production may have presented […]
Sydney musicians are banding together to help native animals in need
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For flautist Joshua Batty, one of the most distressing impacts of this summer’s bushfire season has been “the feeling of mutual helplessness”. […]
Take your babe to see the orchestra for this Valentine’s Day to remember
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) What does Valentine’s Day mean to you? Whether you’re sharing it with your significant other, your […]