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Classical Music, Opera
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Contemporary Music: Why no one’s listening

Ever wondered why many new music concerts are so poorly attended? Maybe it’s because the music has no fans. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

March 7, 2013
Classical Music, World
features

Jordi Savall: Wizard of the Gamba

On the eve of his latest Australian performances we catch up with the globe-trotting gambist. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

March 6, 2013
Classical Music, Opera
features

Philippe Jaroussky: Natural High

The young French countertenor on why he’s taking eight months off singing to smoke and drink. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

March 5, 2013
Classical Music
features

Joyce Yang: A virtuoso pianist inspired by colour

Catching up with the youngest ever winner of the Van Cliburn Competition as she heads to Australia. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

March 3, 2013
Classical Music
features

Composer of the Month: Modest Mussorgsky

Once thought merely an inspired primitive by even his closest colleagues, Mussorgsky has proven to be a giant of Russian music.

March 1, 2013
Classical Music, Opera
features

The Young Sutherland

How did a girl from Point Piper grow up to conquer the opera world and be dubbed the “voice of the century”?

February 22, 2013
Classical Music, Stage
features

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.

February 21, 2013
Classical Music
features

Perth Festival: The Power of Repetition – a study in epic minimalism

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

February 19, 2013
Classical Music, Opera, Stage
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Hitting (or just missing) the high Cs

A Broadway play about one of opera's most notorious coloraturas is set to land in Australia.

February 19, 2013
Classical Music, Stage
features

Dancing with Cacti: Prickly business at Sydney Dance Company

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

February 14, 2013
Audiovisual, Classical Music, Film
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Tan Dun: composing is Zen; conducting is like tai chi

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

February 12, 2013
Classical Music, Opera, Stage
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Do classical audiences cough on purpose?

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

February 8, 2013
Classical Music, Stage
features

Ballet blues: drama rocks the Bolshoi

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

February 7, 2013

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