The ‘Queen of the Toy Piano’ Margaret Leng Tan reveals the pleasures and challenges of her unusual instrument, and explains why the ones in her collection are the Stradivarii of the toy piano world.
November 26, 2019
San Francisco Ballet’s HR Director Darin Conley-Buchsieb explains how changing arts culture can lead to larger audiences – and more authentic art.
November 20, 2019
John Wegner’s stellar career as a Wagnerian baritone took him all over the world, before illness forced his untimely retirement. Clive Paget meets the local boy who conquered Bayreuth.
November 20, 2019
Get to know soprano Laura Wilde ahead of her debut Down Under in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Hansel and Gretel.
November 20, 2019
The pianist, whose Schubert album has won Limelight's Recording of the Year 2019, tells us about the most terrifying piece of music he knows.
November 20, 2019
The conductor tells us about his Tristan und Isolde, Limelight's Opera Recording of the Year 2019, and what's next on his bucket list for WASO.
November 20, 2019
The German baritone tells us about his Schumann album, Limelight's Vocal Recording of the Year 2019, and why in a couple of years he plans to stop singing.
November 20, 2019
The cellist, who has won Limelight's Chamber Recording of the Year, tells us about the complications of Kabalevsky, and the power of unsupervised Shostakovich.
November 20, 2019
The musical theatre star tells us about his new album, his new cabaret show, which he performs in Sydney next month, and the tiny "shed" he is renovating in New Zealand.
November 19, 2019
Seraphim Trio has explored the history of the piano trio in a recording project for ABC Classic. Pianist Anna Goldsworthy explains why this “motley crew” of instruments creates such great tension
November 15, 2019
The 12-year old multi-instrumentalist reached final call-backs to play bass, but ended up being cast as the drummer. She tells us about singing, composing and falling in love with musicals.
November 15, 2019
New Zealand bass-baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes tells Angus McPherson about the “lucky break” that took him from accounting to international opera stardom, why he’s loving the roles he’s getting in his 50s, and why sometimes it’s OK to be booed.
November 15, 2019