EVENTS // Lutosławski Quartet Residency at ANAM
CONTENT COURTESY ANAM ANAM welcomes Poland’s acclaimed Lutosławski Quartet for an immersive week of masterclasses and performances celebrating the richness and vitality of Polish chamber […]
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Get your fix of chamber music, dance, and “risk-taking” percussion this June
BY CUTCOMMON As the weather gets colder, you could stay home and wrap yourself up in a blanket, blasting the air con while you watch […]
Warm your autumn soul with Nat Bartsch, Philip Glass, Bach and more this May
BY CUTCOMMON What do Philip Glass, Jane Austen, and Nat Bartsch have in common? Not much at all. And that’s exactly why we’ve chosen them […]
Theonie Wang is set to shine as concertmaster in ANAM’s major gala event
BY CUTCOMMON The Australian National Academy of Music isn’t like other institutions. While it works to advance the technical skills of its students, it also […]
A festival to “celebrate who we are and what we make”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE From commissioning 67 Australian composers in one project to presenting opportunities for musicians to play solo with a world-renowned symphony orchestra, the […]
EVENTS // The Sounds of Australia shine this November
CONTENT COURTESY ANAM To round off 2024, the musicians of ANAM present a festival of Australian music, Sounds of Australia. This year’s festival will explore […]
“The body works as a whole” when you play your instrument
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE I’ll be candid with you: I did not predict that an interview with a highly skilled pianist would turn into a conversation […]
Unfamiliar music “can provide a window into how others think”
BY CUTCOMMON In 2022, Reuben Johnson heard his Australian National Academy of Music colleagues perform Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. So engrossing was […]
EVENTS // Science and sound converge in this ANAM performance
CONTENT COURTESY ANAM Science, sound and art converge in Gerard Grisey’s epic percussion masterwork Le Noir de l’Étoile. Gerard Grisey has to be one of the […]
This health and wellbeing program is putting musicians’ needs first
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Halfway into my music degree, I had an accident. I’d been studying classical saxophone, the passion of my life since I was […]