Guitar Perspectives: 5 minutes with Adam del Monte
BY ROSE DE LA MONTAÑA Welcome to our new mini interview series, in which we chat with some of the world’s top classical guitarists — each […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Bridging the classical and the ambient (with a huge 108-key piano)
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) Ashley Hribar and Richard Vaudrey are Two Deep Breaths, a creative partnership thriving in Australia’s new music scene. Bridging […]
Das Boot composer crafts a soundworld of war and “self-proclaimed heroism”
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON, GLOBAL SERIES EDITOR It’s been close to four decades since Oscar-nominated film Das Boot was released to the world. The 1981 film […]
A chat with young conductor Eduardo Strausser
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Young artists of the Australian National Academy of Music will soon have the privilege of working with highly experienced, world-renowned conductor Eduardo […]
5 emerging composers talk about their new works
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE For an emerging composer, the opportunity to have your music heard by every person walking through Arts Centre Melbourne sounds pretty exciting. […]
Life after uni: Karen Jacobsen (but you know her as Siri)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A music degree can be an intense – and intensely rewarding – life experience. It doesn’t matter how old we are, or […]
The Idea of North will sing five centuries of music (in 90 minutes)
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Imagine you’re in a music history lecture where you receive your entire education through live comedy and song. That’s what Nick Begbie […]
Guitar Perspectives: 5 minutes with Meng Su
BY ROSE DE LA MONTAÑA Welcome to our new mini interview series, in which we chat with some of the world’s top classical guitarists — each […]
Jenna Pratt: Mental health sounds like…
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) Sydney-based musician and charity worker Jessie Wang is a mental health advocate and studies psychology at […]
The future of opera is diversity
BY SYLVIE WOODS, LEAD WRITER (NSW) Nick Galvin and Nathaneal Cooper (Sydney Morning Herald) have this week revived the topic of problematic narratives and representation […]