Cutting Edge: A dark mirror on Australia
Creating a symphonic song cycle from Behrouz Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountains.
Creating a symphonic song cycle from Behrouz Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountains.
Jo Litson talks to producer Michael Cassel and two cast members about creating a distinctly Australian-looking production of Hamilton, and why that’s so important.
The 100th birthday of the revolutionary tango composer gives rise to a new ensemble in Brisbane, comprised of musicians from classical and jazz backgrounds.
The termination of the JobKeeper supplement at the end of this month could be disastrous for the arts.
Georgian composer Giya Kancheli, Polish-born violinist Ida Haendel, Spanish conductor Ataúlfo Argenta and historical opera highlights (including Kirsten Flagstad, Birgit Nilsson and Joan Sutherland) are among the treasures.
Ahead of his Australian debut as Oberon at the Adelaide Festival, the Brooklyn-born countertenor talks to Limelight about faith, politics, and how a raffle ticket changed his life.
Cameron Lam spotlights the flute in his latest playlist of new Australian music.
The composer tells us about music and emotion in her new work for guitarist Slava Grigoryan and the Southern Cross Soloists.
Della Rae Morrison and Barry McGuire discuss the concert which will blend Noongar music with works by Sibelius, Stravinsky and Copland, and the festival's strong Indigenous component.
The pianist and Honens Laureate discusses his Hyperion disc of great British rediscoveries.
Great friends and musical collaborators flautist Sally Walker and composer Elena Kats-Chernin discuss a new chamber arrangement of Kats-Chernin’s flute concerto.
This month, Lynden Barber reviews the Netflix series Delhi Crime, based on a real, brutal crime committed in 2012, and the droll UK series Detectorists.
It was his understanding of human emotions that made the 18th-century composer a true operatic genius.