Donald Chan has conducted more than 3,000 performances of West Side Story
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE How many times can you present a musical work before getting so sick of it, you never want to hear it again? […]
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Writer-musicians bring the latest from Australia’s classical and new music scene
Illustrating classical music: Eirian Chapman
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What does classical music look like? The Melbourne Youth Orchestras have teamed up with Melbourne design studio Jacky Winter to find an […]
Illustrating classical music: Ellen Porteus
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What does classical music look like? The Melbourne Youth Orchestras have teamed up with Melbourne design studio Jacky Winter to find an […]
Students in Victoria are getting a massive double bass day
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s turning out to be a big year for double bassists. First up, we saw the Women in Bass project, which brought […]
Emma Nightingale to sing in an opera “audiences identify with”
BY ALISON PARIS Opera Queensland is opening its 2019 season with John Adams’ A Flowering Tree – a fantastic tale of a young peasant woman […]
Berlin filmmakers launch platform showcasing real, musical lives
BY MYLES OAKEY, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT On Wednesday nights at Bar Zum Schmutzigen Hobby, Miss Judy Ladivina, draped in glitter and windblown by the glamour of […]
Tasman Compton has won the TSO Rising Star Competition
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Each year, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra invites young musicians to apply to be the next TSO Rising Star. Last year, 13-year-old pianist […]
Blood, Sweat, Opera // Emma Matthews, soprano
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Last year, we took you backstage with opera stars in our interview series Behind the Curtain. This year, we’re going to take you inside the […]
Life after uni: Georgie Hopson, musical theatre
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A music degree can be an intense – and intensely rewarding – life experience. It doesn’t matter how old we are, or […]
“Why create limits” in your music programming?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When I read about Lisa Moore’s upcoming programs as part of her Australian National Academy of Music residency, I admittedly marvelled at […]