LIVE REVIEW // Lydia sees Parsifal (for 4 hours)
BY LYDIA MCCLELLAND, WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL CUTCOMMON YOUNG CRITICS’ MENTORSHIP PROGRAM ParsifalVictorian Opera with the Australian Youth Orchestra and Richard Mills (conductor)Palais Theatre, 20 […]
Australian Youth Orchestra
All the world’s a stage | Runa Murase, violin
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Should you stay in Australia to build your music career, or travel overseas in search of bigger things? What even are those […]
Con Fuoco | Pavan Kumar Hari, percussion (and piano, dance, composition…)
Welcome to Con Fuoco, our series with emerging artists in Australia. Pavan Kumar Hari is a composer, performer, dancer, and director. He has been performing since the […]
A day in the life of AYO National Music Camp
BY LILY BRYANT Every January, hundreds of Australia’s top young musicians gather in the sweltering heat to spend two weeks working with some of the […]
Lior: Young performers remind me why I make music
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Compassion. Undoubtedly, it’s a quality that drives music itself. Through compassion, we can allow music to move us. We can feel […]
Australia’s overwhelming response to Richard Gill tribute concert
BY SYLVIE WOODS, LEAD WRITER (NSW) Disclaimer: This feature was written under the guidance of the University of Sydney as part of Sylvie‘s studies in publishing. […]
WTF?! Piano accompaniment vs playing with orchestra
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 is what it’s like to play in the orchestra for VO
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Magical things happen at the opera – there’s no question about that. But there’s also no question that the attention is […]
A chat with Australian composer Mark Holdsworth
BY KIYA VAN DER LINDEN-KIAN Writing music can often seem like a mystifying and intellectual process. But for some, the experience can be “uniquely […]
Here’s what Emma Morrison is learning as an AYO Chamber Player
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When Emma Morrison was at school, she thought the bassoon could be fun – its “deep resonant sound and quirky nature” […]