Review: Quintessence (Flinders Quartet, Paavali Jumppanen & Canberra International Music Festival)
Two composers from behind the Iron Curtain presented with subversive flair.
Two composers from behind the Iron Curtain presented with subversive flair.
Under guest leader Shaun Lee-Chen, WASO pivots convincingly to historically-informed performance mode.
Some narrative clarity lost in this fast-paced concert-style production but a brilliant cast bounces everything off the back wall - and that's a very long way.
A queer rom-com in cosplay, where love gets lost in the blur between virtual and real.
Baritone David Greco and Australian Haydn Ensemble achieve the tight and coordinated ebb and flow required to give lieder its life.
Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece is back, as potent and sexy as ever, and danced to perfection.
Soprano Nicole Car dazzles in this thoughtfully programmed concert also featuring her baritone husband Étienne Dupuis.
With a theme of freedom hard-won, and an emphasis on Finnish and Australian Indigenous music, Fantasia is a taste of the Festival in its entirety.
The Blue Mountains festival goes from strength to strength with three premieres and an all-star lineup including Reginald Mobley, Lior and Nigel Westlake.
Grief explored in all its colours on this Anzac Day concert featuring QSO Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici on cello.
A classic with a twist paired with a wonderful sonic storm – Jazz:NOW exhibits the diversity of contemporary jazz and improvised music.
Steve Coogan takes on the three roles so superbly played by Peter Sellars – but playing a fourth is a bridge too far.
Sons of the upper crust run riot in this biting satirical portrait of an England in which social class still holds sway.