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Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Meet Sydney Youth Orchestra’s youngest ever concertmaster

We talk to 15-year-old Marcus Michelsen about stepping up to the plate, as well as Alexander Briger ahead of the SYO's challenging season opener.

April 12, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Unsuk Chin: composer with an independent mind

Korean composer Unsuk Chin talks about studying with Ligeti, her influences, and what she'd tell young composers now.

April 12, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Mendelssohn: Living the Dream

Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream has enchanted audiences from its first performance. Howard Shelley speaks to Angus McPherson about how ‘the Dream’ was born.

April 11, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Sir Andrew Davis to step down from Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

The British maestro, who has led the MSO since 2013, will end his tenure as Chief Conductor at the end of 2019.

April 10, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Ingrid Fliter plays Mendelssohn (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

Conductor Dan Ettinger and pianist Ingrid Fliter deliver a conservative program full of surprises.

April 9, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Christopher Dragon flies back to WASO

The young Australian conductor, now based in Colorado, returns to Perth to conduct a symphonic tribute to Comic-Con – and there may be a costume involved.

April 9, 2018
Classical Music, Instrumental, Orchestral
features

Composer of the Month: Schumann

Taking his inspiration from everything he discovered around him, Germany’s ultimate Romantic lavished his talents upon them, taking music into completely new territory, says Julian Haylock.

April 5, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Mark Holdsworth is MSO’s 2019 Cybec Young Composer in Residence

Over 12 months, the emerging composer will work closely with orchestra and staff to create two new compositions to be performed by the MSO.

April 4, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Mary Finsterer: On the Double

For the latest offering in her Norse and Celtic-inspired concerto series, Mary Finsterer is harnessing the power of viola and cello.

April 3, 2018
Chamber, Classical Music, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

The Limelight Chart: April 2018

The Orava Quartet's debut album on Deutsche Grammophon tops The Limelight Chart – our monthly list of Australia’s best-selling classical music albums.

April 1, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Daniel Barenboim to bring the Staatskapelle Berlin to Sydney

Barenboim himself has not been seen in Australia since 1970, and this is the first time he has brought his Orchestra here.

March 28, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Composer of the month: Claude Debussy

Music’s peerless scene painter, Claude Debussy often relied on his own imagination rather than first-hand experience, reflects Gerald Larner. Yet his ability to conjure up images and moods was little less than miraculous.

March 25, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Runnicles conducts Mahler Ten (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

A touching tribute to an absent artist and a superb account of Mahler Ten makes this evening a gift.

March 24, 2018

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