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Melbourne Theatre Company pours $4.6m into Australian writing

MTC will commission a minimum of 35 new works and provide up to 15 writer-in-residence opportunities over five years. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

June 16, 2017
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Dance event Tree of Codes bound for Melbourne Festival

Jonathan Holloway has announced his first festival highlight: a "miraculous" collision of ballet, visual art and electro-pop.

June 15, 2017
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Pianist beats Guinness World Record for fast fingers

Portuguese-American pianist Domingos-Antonio Gomes smashed the record for most piano key hits in one minute.

June 15, 2017
Visual Art
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State government to inject $244m into Art Gallery of NSW

The funding gives the go-ahead to an ambitious expansion project that will see the Gallery double in size. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

June 14, 2017
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
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Maggie McKenna to star in Muriel’s Wedding The Musical

Gina Riley’s daughter makes her debut as Muriel Heslop in the new musical based on the iconic Australian film. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

June 14, 2017
Classical Music
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Anthony Albrecht heads 2017 Newcastle Music Festival

In the Festival's second year, highlights include performances by Hyeseoung Kwon, Sylvia Clarke and Deborah Humble.

June 14, 2017
Classical Music
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Evgeny Kissin returns to Deutsche Grammophon

The dazzling Russian pianist releases a Beethoven album – his first solo album in a decade – to mark a new contract with DG.

June 13, 2017
Classical Music, Instrumental, Orchestral
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Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev signs with Decca and Universal

The runner-up at the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition has signed an exciting new partnership deal. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

June 13, 2017
Classical Music, Dance, Theatre, Visual Art
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Cate Blanchett wins top gong in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Violinist Dene Olding, conductor Nicolette Fraillon and harpist Alice Giles are among other arts figures honoured. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

June 13, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
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Opera Australia posts a $3.37 million surplus for 2016

The company made solid financial gains in its 60th anniversary year. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

June 9, 2017
Theatre
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David Finnigan wins 2017 Griffin Award

With his award-winning play Kill Climate Deniers, Finnigan wants to reinvigorate the climate change ‘debate’.

June 9, 2017
Classical Music, Instrumental
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A violin is played 100 years on at the grave of its maker

Sam Sweeney has honoured the death of Richard Howard, a soldier killed in WWI, by playing his finished instrument in Ypres.

June 8, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
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New Pavarotti documentary in the works

Ron Howard will explore the life of the cherished, larger than life tenor in a new documentary.

June 7, 2017

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