Roger Young tells us about this sold-out debut album launch
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Ever wondered how to sell out your debut album launch? Ask Roger Young. The jazz player and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra violinist […]
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jeanette Little tells us about her new music for Play On
BY JEANETTE LITTLE, AS TOLD TO STEPHANIE ESLAKE Melbourne composer Jeanette Little studied her Masters of Music at the University of Melbourne. In 2013 she […]
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 […]
WTF?! When your whole group plays a Guadagnini
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 […]
EVENTS // Tan Dun conducts his newest work with MSO
CONTENT COURTESY MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA For more than a thousand years, pilgrims in China left marks of their passing in the Mogao Caves, also […]
WTF?! How should I look after my reeds?
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 […]
WTF?! (Successful) long-distance collaboration
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 […]
AYO: What’s in it for me, anyway?
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE The Australian Youth Orchestra launches the careers of emerging performers, arts administrators, broadcasters, and writers. This is a statement that I […]
Con Fuoco | Aidan Gabriels, French horn
Welcome to Con Fuoco, our interview series with emerging artists in Australia. Perth-born Aidan Gabriels comes from a family of four, all of whom […]
Understanding Berlioz, with mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE According to Sasha Cooke, “Berlioz is just unlike anything else”. “The colour, harmony, melody in his music are beautiful, emotional and […]