From the Apple Isle to the Big Apple
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This story also features in Warp Magazine, June 2018. Joshua Dunn, 27, returns to his home state of Tasmania for the […]
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Con Fuoco | Alexander Frendo, guitar
Welcome to Con Fuoco, our interview series with emerging artists in Australia. As an 8-year-old, Alexander Frendo loved to play the guitar and make […]
This performer will stand out in the crowd. Literally.
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE There’s a new work of art coming up at the Melbourne Recital Centre. And it’s going to be big. It will […]
WTF?! Why do we give viola such a bad wrap?
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 […]
Behind the Curtain | Sam Roberts-Smith, baritone
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE So you’ve been to see the opera. Maybe you were a concertgoer, taken aback by the majestic staging and tales of […]
Why you should start taking sax seriously
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Much to the bother of some purist performers, saxophone and classical music are set to collide this week in a concert […]
Nima Fakhrara on scoring PS4 game Detroit: Become Human
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON, GLOBAL SERIES COORDINATOR When composers work together on a film, TV series, or video game, they’re often required to collaborate to […]
This is how classical guitars are made
BY MATT WITHERS – AUSTRALIAN GUITARIST Imagine a guitar that can sing, producing the deepest bass to the highest treble, evenly and with good […]
This orchestra makes you “uplifted, inspired, excited, moved, reflective”
BY LAURA BIEMMI Whether or not you live in Perth, you’ve probably heard of the Perth Symphony Orchestra. Launched in 2011 by executive director […]
Standing on a piano in New York City
BY SYLVIE WOODS While I lay in bed scrolling through Instagram and eating crumbs out of my bellybutton yesterday*, Yvette Keong popped up in […]