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Classical Music
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Five Questions for Rebecca Chan

Since 2017, the Melbourne-born violinist has been based in London. She discusses returning home to play with the Australian World Orchestra.

August 21, 2023
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Winter Dreams (Canberra Symphony Orchestra)

Winter in Canberra seems more memory than dream these days but this was an imaginative and satisfying experience.

August 18, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Australian World Orchestra announces 2023 performances

The AWO recalls elite musicians from around the world and across the country for two performances of Mahler's Ninth Symphony.

May 10, 2023
Chamber, Classical Music, Jazz, Orchestral
features

Listen to the Australian Art Music playlist: April 2023

Cameron Lam goes big and bold in this month's Australian Art Music playlist, exploring major works for wind symphony, orchestra, big band, and the stage.

April 12, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Canberra Symphony Orchestra announces its 2023 season

With a program boasting Beethoven, Scriabin, Rimsky-Korsakov and five world premieres from Australian composers, Chief Conductor Jessica Cottis and the CSO paint a colourful portrait in their 2023 season Chroma.

September 7, 2022
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Zubin Mehta awarded Companion of the Order of Australia

The award was presented to the legendary Maestro by His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley, Governor-General of Australia, at the Sydney Opera House following the Australian World Orchestra concert.

September 5, 2022
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

“Australian-ness”: the AWO’s superpower

Fresh from performing at the Edinburgh Festival and BBC Proms, the Australian World Orchestra has arrived in Australia. Lily Bryant attends rehearsals and talks with some of the musicians.

August 31, 2022
Classical Music
features

Zubin Mehta: Man of the Mo-ment

On what could well be his last Australian visit, Zubin Mehta talks about his six-decade career, reuniting with the AWO, Strauss’s tone poems and his love of cricket.

June 20, 2022
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Australian World Orchestra to perform at Edinburgh International Festival

The AWO will perform in Edinburgh before returning home for concerts in Melbourne and Sydney.

March 31, 2022
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Zubin Mehta to lead the Australian World Orchestra in 2022

The great conductor will visit Melbourne and Sydney for an all-Strauss Fest with the Australian World Orchestra.

November 30, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Australian World Orchestra (Canberra)

The Australian World Orchestra again proves its mettle as an orchestra that Sir Simon Rattle said is “not just a national treasure, it’s an international treasure".

June 3, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Paul Dean: The Birth of a Birthday Symphony

If you call a piece Symphony, the weight of history bears down on you, says Paul Dean as he talks to Christopher Lawrence about his new work celebrating the Australian World Orchestra's first decade.

April 19, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Australian World Orchestra announces 2021 program

A new "Symphony" by Paul Dean will form the centrepiece of a three-city tour.

December 11, 2020

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