Beats and Bites
Musicians seem to adore Jaime Martín, as do audiences. We talk to the irrepressible Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Musicians seem to adore Jaime Martín, as do audiences. We talk to the irrepressible Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
As her play Lacrima comes to Australia, writer/director Caroline Guiela Nguyen talks about why she likes interweaving different narratives.
Children’s music might be educational, but it can be so much more. We look at composers who wrote works specifically for children to play.
Turandot was radically different to anything Puccini had written before. To mark its centenary, Opera Australia is staging a new production.
In February, the Australian Chamber Orchestra premieres a work by John Luther Adams, who has now moved to Australia.
Tibetan-Australian musician Tenzin Choegyal explains why his cloudlike music carries the legacy of exile.
The musical theatre star shares her passion for singing and her cabaret show Bad Hand, inspired by the sudden death of her partner Ryan.
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason chats about her new album, Jane Austen’s Piano.
Mel Cantwell, Co-Artistic Director of Perth’s Lost and Found Opera, talks about the company’s relaunch at this year’s Perth Festival.
This month features a new deal for Vasily Petrenko, blockbusters from John Wilson and Fabio Luisi, Víkingur Ólafsson’s latest piano odyssey and beguiling songs by Rebecca Clarke.
The virtuosic Irish fiddler reveals what listeners can expect on his forthcoming tour.
As a jazz-loving carpenter installs his new kitchen, Guy Noble wonders if classical musicians are too obsessed with the written note.
A round-up of our recent news reports.