Flying Bach: breakdancing meets Baroque
You’re sitting prim and proper in a plush, velvet chair in a majestic old theatre, every available surface gilded and resplendent.
You’re sitting prim and proper in a plush, velvet chair in a majestic old theatre, every available surface gilded and resplendent.
Philip Glass, Sally Whitwell and Maki Namekawa join forces to premiere Glass’s Twenty Piano Études. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
A Broadway play about one of opera's most notorious coloraturas is set to land in Australia.
Alexander Ekman talks Duchamp, cacti and why the inner ballerina is desperate to shake it out. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
For the Chinese film composer, synchronising sound and image is a form of martial arts. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Why do our concert halls so often sound more like hospital wards? A new study points the finger. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Can Russian stoicism weather an acid attack, a fleeing ballerina and a cancelled premiere? Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Turning the tale of a WWI veteran into an orchestral score.
On making silent operas and how Einstein on the Beach was supposed to be about Hitler. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Milan’s opera house defends conductor Daniel Harding after newspaper prints personal attack. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
How I learned to stop worrying and love classical music. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Fifty years after his death, the Czech master’s stunningly diverse music deserves an audience as wide as his range of influences.
Glass sparked the minimalist revolution – then pronounced it dead. But he’s still propelled by the manic energy of those early works. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in