Laura Masotto has co-founded a record label and released her first solo album
BY JASMINE MIDDLETON What do you do if there are no opportunities that fit your musical niche? Well, if you’re Laura Masotto, you simply create […]
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LIVE REVIEW // Myles goes to Tectonics Glasgow
BY MYLES OAKEY, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Tectonics Festival (presented by the Scottish Symphony Orchestra)Various locations, Glasgow, 4-5 May Crowded on the red-carpeted stairs of Glasgow’s City […]
LIVE REVIEW // Bridget sees Verdi’s Otello in Monaco
BY BRIDGET O’BRIEN Otello Opera Monte-CarloCasino de Monte Carlo, 24 April On April 24, in the heart of Monte Carlo, Monaco, I felt as if […]
New web opera confronts cyberbullying and abuse in the arts
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE, EDITOR Trigger warning: This story features discussion of cyberbullying and suicide including reference to real events. If you or someone you know […]
Peter Sandberg composes music to help you unwind from your hectic life
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Since I first heard about Peter Sandberg’s newest release Motion, I’ve been listening to it pretty regularly throughout my workday. And let […]
Ilan Eshkeri on composing Nureyev’s biopic with Ralph Fiennes
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In 1961, Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev became the first artist during the Cold War to defect to the West. In The […]
Composer Sam Perkin reveals the secret life of skateboarding
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Think the worlds of composition and skateboarding couldn’t be further apart? Sam Perkin is here to prove you wrong. In his newest […]
Playing solo is “the best way to understand yourself”
BY MIRANDA ILCHEF In 2016, Oxana Shevchenko progressed to the finals of the Sydney International Piano Competition. Now, having powered through top prize wins at […]
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 […]
Australian guitarist Alberta Khoury talks about life at Juilliard
BY JESSIE WANG (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) If you’re working in the music industry, chances are you may have studied at a conservatorium. Even if […]