Review: Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
A well thought-out program, spanning 100 years from Janáček to Reich.
February 14, 2019
Review: WASO’s Favourites (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
WASO's 2019 season gets off to a fun, flying start.
February 10, 2019
Review: 2019 Season Opening Gala (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
The SSO goes wild in a festive season opening gala to mark the start of David Robertson's final year.
February 9, 2019
Sir Andrew Davis pranked by Toronto Symphony Orchestra
The MSO’s Chief Conductor got a surprise when he began conducting Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries in Toronto on his 75th birthday.
February 5, 2019
ASO’s concertmaster to play ‘The Adelaide’ Guadagnini
Natsuko Yoshimoto is the newest custodian of the 18th-century violin, which she took for a spin in the orchestra's Season Opening Gala on the weekend.
February 4, 2019
Review: Arvo Pärt & JS Bach (Australian Chamber Orchestra)
The ACO and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir interweave Bach and Pärt with ethereal beauty.
February 3, 2019
Elena Schwarz on revisiting an old favourite
WASO’s former Assistant Conductor returns to lead the orchestra’s season-opener after a whirlwind few years.
February 1, 2019
Ensemble Apex announces its 2019 season
The Sydney ensemble's fourth year will see it perform music by composers from Mahler to Varèse, in concerts small, medium and large.
February 1, 2019
Australian Chamber Orchestra acquires fourth ‘Golden Age’ instrument
Violinist Ike See will play the 1590 Brothers Amati violin with the orchestra.
January 31, 2019
Darwin Symphony Orchestra announces its 2019 season
The NT orchestra celebrates its 30th anniversary season with a gala concert featuring Mahler’s First Symphony and a brand new work by Lachlan Skipworth.
January 30, 2019
Australians nominated for 2019 International Opera Awards
Brett Dean's Hamlet on DVD, Stuart Skelton's debut recital album, and Pinchgut Opera are among the finalists.
January 30, 2019
Huawei completes Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony using AI
The beleaguered telecommunications company has written the final two movements of the composer’s Eighth using a Mate 20 Pro smartphone.
January 30, 2019
Review: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 2 & 7 (Wiener Symphoniker/Philippe Jordan)
Philippe Jordan offers more lean, agile Beethoven in the latest instalment of his symphony cycle with the Wiener Symphoniker.
January 25, 2019