Australian composer Christopher Gordon writes music for the people
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE If you’ve been to any major Australian event in the past couple of decades, you’re likely to have heard the music […]
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Songs they never play on the radio
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Some describe Nico’s story as “tragic”, according to cabaret artist Danielle Asciak. But in the life of this composer can be […]
Flautist Ana de la Vega is “a long way from the flies and dust”
BY LILY BRYANT Like many musicians, I dread the question: “So what made you choose the [insert instrument here]?”. This is mostly because I […]
Stephanie Jones is breaking the stigma surrounding classical guitar
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Guitar is an instrument we often associate with genres such as rock and folk. To Stephanie Jones, explaining to others that […]
Laura Winter tells us why she’s crazy for the harp
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When I first started to chat with Laura Winter for this interview, she told me: “The most interesting thing about me […]
This new conservatorium wants to keep its students safe
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE, EDITOR The Hedberg is a $96 million academic and cultural hub is set to launch in 2019. And this University of Tasmania […]
Nate Wood talks Young and Emerging Composers Lab
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON With a new generation of young composers comes not only new musical ideas, but a fresh perspective on what it means […]
From war-torn childhood to 4 million albums sold
BY CELINE CHONG, LEAD WRITER (QLD) Oh, so you’re a pianist. What repertoire do you play? For Croatian pianist Maksim Mrvica, one of the […]
WTF?! Do musicians have to learn acting, too?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to bring […]
Could we be approaching lieder all wrong?
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN There is so much music that relies on the excavation of committed musicians to help it bubble back to the surface […]