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 […]
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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 […]
The young artists of chamber music: Julian Bliss, clarinet
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 […]
WTF?! Why are cathedral acoustics so amazing?
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 […]
Valuing young players in the orchestra
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a cellist during performance? It gets pretty complicated. Eliza Sdraulig says her […]
Behind the Curtain | Milijana Nikolic, mezzo-soprano
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 […]