BY JO ST LEON, LEAD STORYTELLER Tan Dun’s ‘Wolf Totem’Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra featuring Stuart Thomson (double bass), Eivind Aadland (conductor)Federation Concert Hall, 16 March Jo […]
BY JO ST LEON, LEAD STORYTELLER For 51 weeks of the year, the small pretty seaside town of Penguin is a haven for those seeking […]
BY JO ST LEON Virtuosi TasmaniaGrace Thorpe (violin), Jennifer Marten-Smith (piano)Szymanowski, Bach, KreislerHome Hill Winery, Ranelagh, 28 January The opportunity to review this concert brought […]
BY JO ST LEON This third conversation with Robin Wilson was really intended to be the second, but young Christian Li’s milestone recording intervened. Today’s […]
BY JO ST LEON, SERIES CURATOR Christian Li, one of Robin Wilson’s many outstanding students, has become the youngest violinist ever to record Vivaldi’s Four […]
BY JO ST LEON Conversations with Robin Wilson came about as I sat in the viola section of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra one morning for […]
BY JO ST LEON The Trout Michael Aquilina Chamber Music Festival — Concert 1 Laurence Matheson (piano); Dale Barltrop (violin); Christopher Cartlidge (viola); Rachael Tobin […]
BY JO ST LEON “I think [the earth is] sending us a message: ‘You are not necessary. The air, earth, water and sky without you […]
BY JO ST LEON “In studies of people isolated…researchers have found there appears to be an inflection point where the frustration and hardship of being […]
BY JO ST LEON “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It […]
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