January-February 2022
Features
Optimism reigns, so what have our arts organisations programmed this year?
by Ian Whitney, Paul Ballam-Cross, Deborah Jones, Steve Dow and Jansson J. Antmann
How Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson is redefining the piano recital.
by Clive Paget
Chi-chi Nwanoku’s mission to increase diversity in classical music.
by Deborah Cheetham
An artist and all-round genius, Leonardo da Vinci also loved music.
by Kate Bolton-Porciatti
Christopher Wheeldon reunites ballet and Broadway in An American in Paris.
by Deborah Jones
Soundings
Anna-Louise Cole
by Shamistha de Soysa
Interview
On the Record
by Clive Paget
Recordings
Cutting Edge
by Daryl Buckley
New Music
In the Limelight
Newsworthy
A round-up of our recent news reports
Comings & Goings
The latest arts appointments and departures
On Stage
The buzz around live performance
On Air & Online
This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming
Coda
In front of every great woman…
Guy Noble says it’s time to start making more
of an effort to increase the representation
of women composers on our stages.
Guy Noble’s Soapbox
The saxophone
Saxophonist, composer, educator and jazz legend Sandy Evans explains how and why she moved from classical flute to soprano and tenor saxophone.
Playing up
Craig Allister Young
Queensland Symphony Orchestra cellist, composer and cook.
5 Questions
Natalie Bassingthwaighte
The versatile entertainer is thrilled to be in Jagged Little Pill – a show that she says “feels like a sign of the times” as Rent was when she made her musical theatre debut in 1998.
My Music
Extra Content
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