Rochelle Ughetti is balancing audiology with professional violin
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Not everyone can rise as early as 6am, or spend the next 12 hours on the job (and then some). But when […]
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Slava Grigoryan can’t get enough of this genre-busting piece
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE When I sit down to chat with Australian guitarist Slava Grigoryan, there’s one topic he keeps circling back to — and that’s […]
Ade Vincent and Lior are showing why “artists won’t be replaced by AI”
BY CUTCOMMON When composer Ade Vincent and singer-songwriter Lior started their latest commission for the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, they wrote a list of emotions they […]
EVENTS // Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and Lior premiere major song cycle
CONTENT COURTESY MELBOURNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ARIA award-winning songsmith Lior makes his MCO debut with a major new song cycle. For as long as there have […]
Three years on, Australian Digital Concert Hall continues to change the game for the live performance industry
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE In 2020, Adele Schonhardt and Chris Howlett founded the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall. They offered a lifeline to performing artists: a way […]
We asked Sophie Rowell how she programmed her first concert as MCO artistic director
BY CUTCOMMON Melbourne Chamber Orchestra is gearing up for its first event of 2023. It’s also the first event Sophie Rowell has programmed as its […]
Caerwen Martin wrote music for “the coolest bunch of people” she met in children’s hospitals
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne Chamber Orchestra will soon present a program of familiar classics from Haydn, Mozart, and the like. But nestled between these works […]
The story of Australia’s first female mechanic will be brought to life on bass
BY EMMA SULLIVAN As the principal bassist of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, I am usually found at the back of the ensemble, providing the foundation to […]
SNAP INTERVIEW // Melbourne Chamber Orchestra players talk about streaming
BY CUTCOMMON The musicians of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra have already taken you home with them, thanks to double bassist Emma Sullivan who launched an […]
At home with Matthew Laing, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra
BY DR EMMA SULLIVAN For most freelance musicians, there are few things more important than being busy. A full diary translates to peace of mind. […]