Features
American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato on Berlioz, opera and speaking out.
by Clive Paget
Why Shostakovich’s music feels so relevant 50 years after his death.
by Paolo Hooke
For her first full-length ballet, Alice Topp was inspired by Madama Butterfly.
by Deborah Jones
Is Australian classical music genuinely embracing Indigenous voices?
by Emily Thornton
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Soundings
Interview
Ahead of his latest tour, Taiwanese-Australian violinist Ray Chen talks about the multidimensional journey that led him to reimagine music education.
by Jansson J. Antmann
On the Record
This month features music by Tchaikovsky, Bruckner, Holst and Britten alongside international labels featuring Australian composers Malcolm Williamson and Liza Lim.
by Clive Paget
Cutting Edge
American percussionist, conductor and author Steven Schick unravels the musical philosophy that informs his residency at the Australian National Academy of Music.
by Maddy Briggs
Opera
About to star in Pergolesi’s Maid Made Boss for Pinchgut Opera, Australian soprano Celeste Lazarenko chats about her First Nations heritage and her time in the UK.
by Steve Dow
Film
Director Kate Woods chats about her latest film Kangaroo – a delightful family movie set in Central Australia.
by Jo Litson
Books
★★★★½ Robert Pascall’s labour of love receives a posthumous publication.
by Will Yeoman
Film
★★★½ Co-written, directed and starring Daniel Auteuil, this courtroom drama unfolds sedately until its chilling coda.
by Jason Blake
In the Limelight
Coda
Guy Noble's Soapbox
On a recent European holiday, Guy Noble lost the top of a finger. He raises a hand to the good-humoured staff at Britain’s NHS, who repaired his damaged digit.
Playing Up
Brian Maloney is Principal Percussion at the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. He explains why he was drawn to percussive instruments and what makes this one special.
World Premiere
All musical material is “received”, believes Huw Belling. He explains why as he prepares to direct a program for The Song Company, which includes a premiere of his own music, written in response to a song by 16th-century Catalan composer Mateo Flecha.
5 Questions For
The Brisbane-based playwright discusses her play, Back to Bilo, about the Nadesalingams, a family of Sri Lankan asylum seekers taken into immigration detention in 2018, and the grassroots campaign to bring them home to Biloela.
My Music
A household name since appearing on Australia Idol in 2003, the popular performer recently joined the Board of the Australian Children’s Music Foundation. He tells us why that’s so important to him.
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