Features
Suzie Miller discusses her rocketing career and her new play about the AFLW.
by Jo Litson
We look at the history of the countertenor and the rise of the voice today.
by Shamistha de Soysa
The fairy-tale musical Into the Woods takes its place in the opera world.
by Jansson J. Antmann
The future for classical music in Canberra in the wake of Renew ANU.
by Emily Thornton
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Soundings
Interview
Ahead of their upcoming tour, Dutch piano duo Lucas & Arthur Jussen discuss how brotherly love sustains them on the road.
by Jansson J. Antmann
on the record
This month we feature the latest from The Gesualdo Six, orchestral music by Martinů, Shostakovich and Bach, and something utterly original involving accordion and percussion.
by Clive Paget
Cutting Edge
Thomas Meadowcroft chats about his new concerto for two Foley artists, a collection of odd objects and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
by Maddy Briggs
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Ahead of his 90th birthday, two landmark works by Minimalist composer Philip Glass are being performed in a special one-off concert at Melbourne.
by Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier
MUSICAL THEATRE
After starring in A Beautiful Noise on Broadway, Will Swenson reprises his acclaimed performance as Neil Diamond in Australia.
by Jo Litson
Books
★★★★ This novel about conductor Anton Seidl is a sweeping tone poem to a gifted musician.
by Will Yeoman
In the Limelight
Coda
Guy Noble's Soapbox
As endorphins flooded his brain while lugging firewood, Guy Noble found his envy for trillionaire Elon Musk slowly turning to pity.
Playing Up
Dubbed the Eric Clapton of the lute, French virtuoso Thomas Dunford is spreading the love, from the Baroque to his own music.
World Premiere
Composer and saxophonist Katia Beaugeais discusses her new Piano Concerto No. 1, to be performed by Stefan Cassomenos, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and conductor Keitaro Harada.
5 Questions For
The Australian tenor played The Stranger in Jonathan Mills’ new opera Eucalyptus. Now, he performs the world premiere of Mills’ song cycle, Songs for the Stranger, with the Australian World Orchestra.
My Music
Fresh from performing in the musical Waitress, the star of stage and screen believes he would be a different person had there not been so much music in his life.
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