Peggy Polias named as inaugural Sculthorpe Fellow
The NSW-based composer with receive the $30,000 award established to honour the late composer’s legacy.
The NSW-based composer with receive the $30,000 award established to honour the late composer’s legacy.
★★★★½ A very French finish to Musica Viva’s 70th-birthday year.
Limelight’s Shona Benson, Maxim Boon and Clive Paget select their best from the Fest. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir and Left Bauer Productions bring the operatic biopic of the gay rights activist to the stage.
A new Finnish research team have found that practising an instrument can make you a better communicator by altering the brain.
We ask Ensemble Offspring’s co-AD about past bizarre experiences and what we should expect in the future. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
★★★★☆ Virtuosic and versatile, an evening showing off the neglected riches of the recorder and the harp.
Craig Hassall has refuted claims that OA is selling its Melbourne Opera Centre to ease financial pressures.
★★★★½ Brit and Aussie impress, but Robertson’s take on the Finn outflanks them all. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
★★★½☆ Nodding off to Max Richter’s soporific epic is easier said than done.
How Maestro Abbott’s sluggish tempi (and that thing about onions) led to a rebellious orchestra tearing up his contract. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
★★★★☆ Romanian Diva shows Sydney exactly why she’s where she is today.
Max Richter’s 8-hour piece is intended to be listened to by a sleeping audience.