Sydney Symphony Orchestra announces 2019 season
We speak to David Robertson as the SSO looks to the future in a season of blockbuster concerts and new appointments, from Lang Lang’s return to Stuart Skelton in Peter Grimes.
July 18, 2018
Joyce Yang: I feel like I’m climbing a devil’s staircase
The South-Korean pianist discusses her first solo recital tour in Australia and how she’s getting to grips with a challenging world premiere.
July 11, 2018
Review: Mahler: Symphony No 6 (Minnesota Orchestra/ Osmo Vänskä)
Osmo Vänskä’s new disc proves he’s no flash in the pan.
July 11, 2018
Jennifer Higdon: I’m optimistic about the future of contemporary classical music
Ahead of the Australian premiere of her Pulitzer Prize-winning Violin Concerto, we talk to the composer about the Beatles, gender bias and why the number 1726 had audiences scratching their heads.
July 9, 2018
Review: Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninoff (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Hough rocks the Rach Pag while Edwards' Earth Spirit Songs soar again.
July 5, 2018
Review: Hough plays Rachmaninov (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra)
Nothing less than true musicianship from pianist Stephen Hough.
July 4, 2018
Emily Su wins Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Concerto Competition
We caught up with the 15-year-old violinist who has won $5,000 and an engagement to perform with the orchestra in 2019.
July 3, 2018
Review: Czerny: Piano Concerto in D Minor et al (Rosemary Tuck, Richard Bonynge)
Tuck’s second Czerny concerto disc proves Beethoven’s mate far from second rate.
July 3, 2018
Review: Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 5 & 6 (Royal Liverpool PO, Andrew Manze)
Heavenly Twins: Vaughan Williams’ Fifth and Sixth prove two sides of a classy coin.
July 2, 2018
Andrew Manze on his endless fascination with RVW
The conductor talks about his recording of Vaughan Williams' Fifth and Sixth Symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Limelight's Recording of the Month in July.
July 2, 2018
Australian World Orchestra announces second India tour
Following the AWO’s 2015 with Zubin Mehta, the orchestra will return to India for three concerts in September under the baton of Artistic Director Alexander Briger
June 28, 2018
Riccardo Muti stops mid-performance after audience member coughs
The famously stern maestro brought the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to a halt after noise from the audience interrupted a quiet moment in the music.
June 26, 2018
Resurrecting the Ghost of Gershwin
This phenomenally gifted composer’s legacy still resounds across both popular and classical music – and now audiences can hear him playing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
June 25, 2018