Features
We profile the winners and reveal our inaugural performance award.
by Peter Tregear, Jansson J. Antmann and Steve Moffatt
The creative movement inspired by Australia’s remote island state.
by Stephanie Eslake
Jessica Gethin on her flourishing career and new role at Orchestra Victoria.
by Harriet Cunningham
Thirty-six Shakespeare plays in eight days, animated by household items.
by Lenny Ann Low
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Soundings
Interview
German baritone Matthias Goerne talks to Limelight about why he is so drawn to Schubert’s Winterreise, which he will perform in Australia this month.
by Clive Paget
On the Record
This month features Spanish Baroque opera, castanets and all, pitch-perfect Mahler from Simon Rattle, and the winner of a notorious song contest (hint: it isn’t Eurovision).
by Clive Paget
Cutting Edge
Audible Edge is “an experimental music bender” in Boorloo/Perth. Its co-curators give us the festival low-down.
by Annika Moses and Josten Myburgh
Opera
Australian tenor Thomas Edmonds tells us about life on the opera stage and the people he’s met along the way.
by Jansson J. Antmann
Books
★★★★ A noteworthy Australian composer explores the musical gardens he has tended.
by Will Yeoman
Film
★★★½ Ex-con Johnny “Spit” Spitieri has zero leading man appeal – but David Wenham is so brilliant in the role, you’ll fall for him anyway.
by Jason Blake
In the Limelight
Coda
Guy Noble's Soapbox
Discovering how many Brian Coxes there are, Guy Noble envisages a special conference. Perhaps he could organise a Guy Noble get-together as well.
Playing Up
Saxophonist and composer Jabra Latham discusses the journey to his new Saxophone Concerto for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
World Premiere
When the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra talked to Elena Kats-Chernin about performing her work Fast Blue Village for string orchestra, she decided to revisit, revise and refresh the piece. She explains why.
5 Questions For
Pinchgut Opera’s Artistic Director discusses playing the Goldberg Variations on a two-manual harpsichord as JS Bach intended.
My Music
The leading lady discusses finding her voice and learning to play the harp for her current role as Arwen in The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale.
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