Review: Symonds Beethoven (Australian String Quartet)
The musicians meet the demands of Beethoven and the world premiere of Jack Symonds' challenging String Quartet No 2 with great vitality.
The musicians meet the demands of Beethoven and the world premiere of Jack Symonds' challenging String Quartet No 2 with great vitality.
The lineup salts Sydney with 748 performances, featuring homegrown and international talent, with a cascade of world premieres and the Australian premiere of the opera Sun & Sea, staged on an artificial beach.
Haydn specialists and a theatrical giant give us a life well imagined.
ATL Co-founder and Artistic Director Grant Dodwell talks about restoring the in-home theatre experience for a whole new generation and nostalgics alike.
Applications are open for the Flinders Quartet's Emerge initiative, which offers emerging composers the chance to participate in a year-long program.
Cat Hope talks about the electroacoustic music ensemble's first British tour in a landmark Australian cultural collaboration with the UK, and why electroacoustic music is in a constant state of flux.
Returning giants, like Garrick Ohlsson, rub shoulders with fresh young talent and artists like Cédric Tiberghien and Jean-Guihen Queyras.
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The Canberra-based artist and musician's new sound sculpture draws on his own diagnosis to fight for Australians affected by cancer and immunodeficiency.
Co-directors Chris Howlett and Howard Penny imbue Victoria's old gold town with the vigour of chamber works both beloved and rediscovered.
Drawing upon his instincts as a composing musician, the Finnish piano virtuoso gives a masterful reading of Beethoven and Bach at Adelaide's UKARIA Cultural Centre.
Despite exquisite vocal and musical performances, this staging of Benjamin Britten's Canticles is less than the sum of its otherwise beautiful parts, landing somewhere between performance art and oratorio.