Into the dark: Ensemble Apex lights up the edges of contemporary sound
Conductor Sam Weller and Ensemble Apex aim to create contemporary music events that feel less like an academic exercises and more like immersive experiences.
March 16, 2026
Review: Tognetti. Mendelssohn. Bach. (Australian Chamber Orchestra)
Marvellous Mendelssohn and some interesting new voices, but Richard Tognetti brings it all back home to Bach.
September 20, 2024
Australian composers shortlisted for the 2023 Ivors Classical Awards
Composers Brett Dean and Newton Armstrong in the running for the UK's prestigious music awards.
October 19, 2023
Review: The Northern Silence: Journeys in Nordic Music & Culture (Andrew Mellor)
Andrew Mellor does an extraordinary job in teasing the Northern soul out of the Northern silence.
October 24, 2022
The highlands are alive with the sound of music
Myee Clohessy discusses this year’s ambitious Bowral Autumn Music Festival.
February 21, 2022
Review: Enigma (Spektral Quartet)
A startling string quartet, like you’ve never heard it, for these pandemic times.
October 5, 2021
Review: Concurrence (Iceland Symphony Orchestra Project Vol 2)
Four composers, four telling works. Iceland shares the latest fruits of its vast pool of talent.
January 23, 2020
Review: Anna Thorvaldsdottir: AEQUA (Cory Smythe, International Contemporary Ensemble/Steven Schick)
Portrait album revels in Thorvaldsdottir’s brand of Icelandic magic.
January 17, 2019
Review: When We Were Children (Hamer Singers)
A shared vision results in a superb sheen and finish to the Hamer Singers' sound.
April 16, 2018