Review: Why do the nations? (Canberra International Music Festival)
Like the best festival programmes, this is one to provoke debate and disagreement.
May 8, 2017
Review: Last Statement (Canberra International Music Festival)
An exceptional farewell from a young quartet with great potential.
May 5, 2017
Australian Chamber Orchestra bags a 400-year old cello
The new instrument, valued at $1.4 million, is an Amati and was played by the cellist Amaryllis Fleming.
May 5, 2017
Review: Half the Sky (Canberra International Music Festival)
A memorable and highly successful Promenade at the National Portrait Gallery.
May 4, 2017
Review: The Velvet Revolution (Canberra International Music Festival)
Fragmentation and a French quartet continue the revolution.
May 3, 2017
Review: Stalin’s Piano (Canberra International Music Festival)
A captivatingly scrapbooky interplay between piano and the voices of history.
May 1, 2017
Review: The October Revolution (Canberra International Music Festival)
A smart, challenging programme highlighting Shostakovich's personal upheavals.
April 30, 2017
Review: Opening Gala (Canberra International Music Festival)
The Festival hits the ground running with music from home and abroad.
April 29, 2017
Recipients of the 2017 Art Music Fund announced
Works will range from opera, electronics, and immersive live performance, with two thirds of funding going to women composers.
April 28, 2017
Review: Musca Viva Festival 2017 (Concert 4)
More pleasures as Goldners play Vasks and Dickson premieres Edwards.
April 24, 2017
Review: Musica Viva Festival 2017 (Concert 3)
An eclectic offering showcasing some of the individual talents in Arcadia Winds.
April 23, 2017
Review: Musica Viva Festival 2017 (Concert 2)
From late Romantic to early 21st century, another trove of chamber treasures.
April 22, 2017
Review: For the Love of Brahms (Bell, Isserlis, Denk, ASMF)
This a strange compilation with a convoluted concept, can’t help but be amazed at the sound of the ASMF.
April 21, 2017