The young artists of chamber music: Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet
BY LAURA BIEMMI The Australian Festival of Chamber Music is one of the most significant events in Australia’s concert calendar. Dedicated to bringing a […]
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WTF?! Why do we love Debussy so much?
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 […]
This composer-activist is turning science into music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE UPDATE: Naima Fine Fine presents the live premiere of Leagues of Breaking Light at the Melbourne Fringe this September 30! When Naima Fine […]
Talking about Brazilian music with Chrystian Dozza
BY MONTAÑA ROSE (MOUNTAIN ROSE GUITAR) Love Brazilian music? Get on this. Brazilian guitarist and composer Chrystian Dozza will present an entire program dedicated to […]
Sally Whitwell on the value of working with youth orchestras
BY EMMA SULLIVAN Sally Whitwell is no stranger to youth music in Australia. Having started out as a member of the Canberra Youth Orchestra, […]
Actually, there are THOUSANDS of female composers
BY RACHEL BRUERVILLE, COMPOSER So you think there are no female composers? Actually, there are thousands of female composers. More than 6000, in fact, across 70 countries. […]
EXPOSED! Composing for orchestra with Melody Eötvös
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE UPDATE 17 JULY 2019: Melody’s work for the TSO, as discussed below, resulted in her being named a finalist in the APRA […]
What makes a musician professional?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE What makes a musician professional? For Andrey Gugnin, the answer isn’t so straight-forward. “Is it the fact that you have finished […]
WTF?! Do I need to move city for study?
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 […]
Dark Mofo’s opera will gender-swap its cast
BY CELINE CHONG Edgy. Provocative. Confronting. Young bass baritone Jeremy Kleeman has certainly stuck his foot in the door of the Australian opera scene, […]