Review: The 2024 Australian Festival of Chamber Music
AFCM's canny balancing of the known and the new, the challenging and the comfortable, make it something special in Australia's music festival landscape.
AFCM's canny balancing of the known and the new, the challenging and the comfortable, make it something special in Australia's music festival landscape.
Tchaikovsky’s “terrifying despair” and some cello to die for in SSO's Russian double blockbuster.
A timely unearthing of a confronting work, a Goldner farewell and 44 Not Out for Jack Liebeck. AFCM 2024 wraps up.
The audience is a crucial element in the ACO’s collaboration with Sydney Dance Company and celebrated countertenor Iestyn Davies.
A from-the-heart performance by conductor and players alike – and it got to the hearts of everyone listening.
A rich new work by Olivia Davies partnered perfectly with Konstantin Shamray and one of the orchestral repertoire’s most enjoyable masterpieces.
This Pulitzer-winning comedy about adults studying English in Iran explores identity, self-expression, alienation and belonging through language.
Clever programming and an AFCM all-star line-up captivated and occasionally astonished.
Katy Abbott unleashes stories and emotions long trapped inside envelopes marked 'return to sender'.
A nuanced reading of Mozart’s score by conductor Zoe Zeniodi and impressive house debuts by Nardus Williams and Filipe Manu make this Così sparkle.
Joanna Murray-Smith’s adaption feels faithful to Chekhov’s original portrait of a fractious household stuck in a rut.
Mesmerising music and breath-taking film imagery conveys a sometimes confronting message about our planet’s health, well-being and future.
A highly polished theatrical production in which all the elements and their alchemists are in sync.