Inside this issue
Kate Mulvany digs deep as the curtain rises on her adaptation of The Shiralee.
by Steve Dow
Pianist Nicholas McCarthy on the joys of playing one-handed repertoire.
by Elissa Blake
What is synaesthesia? We ask how it affects music makers and their audience.
by Jansson J. Antmann
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- On Stage: the buzz around live performance
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- Benjamin Grosvenor, pianist: interview by Clive Paget
- On the Record: new classical albums round-up by Clive Paget
- Cutting Edge: access and inclusion by Ria Andriani
- Morgan Pearse, baritone: interview by Shamistha de Soysa
- Laura Murphy, writer and composer: interview by Jo Litson
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- On Air & Online: radio and streaming concert highlights
- Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Clapped Out
- Playing Up: the classical guitar by Xuefei Yang
- World Premiere: Rrawun Maymuru and Nick Wales for Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
- Five Questions: Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars
- My Music: Ivan Gil-Ortega, Queensland Ballet Artistic Director
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