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Classical Music
features

Composer of the Month: Gaetano Donizetti

From comedy to dark tragedy, the extraordinarily prolific Donizetti proved himself to be the master of all operatic forms.

October 10, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
features

Don’t forget your music, says composer Sally Greenaway

In her latest composition Sally Greenaway explores the parallels between sport and music, inspired by the 2016 Rio Olympics and the allure of Latin American music.

October 8, 2021
Classical Music
features

Music lessons from the pandemic

Music lessons have had to pivot to Zoom during lockdown, but while there are major drawbacks to this it has also offered new intimacies.

October 7, 2021
Opera
features

Opera Column: remembering Andrew Sinclair

This month, Greg Eldridge recalls the invaluable lessons he learned from Australian opera director Andrew Sinclair, who died in September. His career included many years working at Covent Garden.

October 6, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music, Festivals, Instrumental
features

Who pays the piper now?

The pandemic has exposed rifts between arts organisations and freelance musicians. We need to recast the relationship for everyone to thrive.

October 5, 2021
Classical Music, Film
features

Kevin Penkin, a rising star of the screen

A composer of film and game music, Penkin talks to Limelight ahead of his appearance at the 2021 High Score conference, celebrating composition and sound art for gaming.

October 1, 2021
Classical Music
features

TwoSet Violin announces virtual world tour

Brett Yang talks to Limelight about their virtual world tour, other classical artists making the foray into content creation, and growing the classical audience for everyone.

October 1, 2021
Classical Music
features

Music from the end of the world

Meet Sunleif Rasmussen, the first composer from the Faroe Islands to achieve an international profile, whose distinctive music blends traditional folk tunes with spectralism and jazz.

September 30, 2021
Classical Music
features

Classical music stripped bare in ‘Mythology of Naked Flesh’

Brisbane Music Festival’s “extremely raunchy” online production explores the sensuality of Britten and Richard Strauss alongside the world premiere of a work exploring webcam culture.

September 30, 2021
Jazz
features

The ear and now of Australian jazz

Jeremy Rose talks jazz in the time of corona, the resilience of musos and showcasing the best of the local scene at the Earshift Music Festival.

September 29, 2021
Theatre
features

Animal Farm in the age of Trump

Van Badham's adaptation of George Orwell's classic for Black Swan State Theatre Company sets Boxer and Napoleon in the world of Trump and QAnon.

September 29, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
features

A Symphony for lockdown adds new life to children’s music program

With COVID interrupting physical get-togethers, the Symphony for Life Foundation has come up with an initiative which sees the children who participate in its music programs perform a digital symphony with professional musicians.

September 28, 2021
Classical Music
features

World Premiere: Artology Fanfare Competition 2021

Three young composers describe the new works they have written as part of Artology's 2021 Fanfare competition, which will be performed along with nine other fanfares in Brisbane this week.

September 27, 2021

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