LIVE REVIEW // Mark sees Lost+sound pop+up ii
BY MARK BOSCH Pop+up ii Lost+Sound San Telmo Photographic Studio, 27 October This was only the second entry in Lost+sound’s pop+up series, but […]
Debussy
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 […]
How can we hear classical music in video games?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This story was first published in October 2017 in the Kill Your Darlings literary journal as part of the inaugural KYD New […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy Zhang listens to Spanish Nights
BY WENDY ZHANG Spanish Nights Sydney Symphony Orchestra with Steven Osborne (pianist) and Ludovic Morlot (conductor) Sydney Opera House, 3 August Spanish Nights […]
EVENTS // Steven Osborne plays Debussy with ANAM
CONTENT COURTESY ANAM Debussy100 is a 12-month project to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Claude Debussy. Led by a collection of national and […]
WTF?! Why do we love Debussy so much?
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 […]
Live review // Syzygy’s Pagan Dances
BY NICHOLAS COLLINS Syzygy Ensemble Pagan Dances Melbourne Recital Centre, 10 May When singing, lyrics are there to help paint a picture the […]
WTF?! Why undertake a residency?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Welcome to our new series, What the Fact?! Throughout 2018, we’re teaming up with talent at the Australian National Academy of Music to […]
Yiyun Gu wants this music to “be heard and understood”
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Yiyun Gu is a Melbourne concert pianist who cares about what audiences understand. For her upcoming event at the Melbourne Recital […]
Top 10 intense composer love affairs
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT In the wise words of Stravinsky: “In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than […]