2019 Helpmann Awards Act II presented
Once again it was Counting and Cracking's night as the epic new play from Belvoir and Co-Curious took home three more awards.
July 15, 2019
Review: Discovery Concert: The Classical Symphony (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
WASO and Asher Fisch illuminate the Classical symphony.
June 30, 2019
Review: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
Vadim Gluzman, Asher Fisch and WASO triumph in Tchaikovsky.
June 23, 2019
Review: Mozart Symphony No 40 (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
Siobhan Stagg, Asher Fisch and WASO fire on all cylinders in this unusual program.
March 18, 2019
Review: Scottish Fantasy (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Asher Fisch paints vivid musical landscapes in the SSO's Scottish concert.
March 7, 2019
Elena Schwarz on revisiting an old favourite
WASO’s former Assistant Conductor returns to lead the orchestra’s season-opener after a whirlwind few years.
February 1, 2019
Review: Shining Knight (Stuart Skelton, WASO/Fisch)
Australian Heldentenor du jour commits signature works to disc.
December 19, 2018
Review: Grieg’s Piano Concerto & Dvořák’s New World (WASO)
The orchestra achieved a stunning level of power in Dvořák's Ninth.
November 19, 2018
Who will be Limelight’s 2018 Artists of the Year? You decide
Vote here for the artists you'd like to see honoured in our Australian and International Artists of the Year Awards.
September 27, 2018
Asher Fisch reveals WASO’s plans for 2019 and the future
Gun-Brit Barkmin returns, Siobhan Stagg is the orchestra’s first ever Artist-in-Association, and a raft of stellar soloists and conductors make this a jam-packed season.
September 5, 2018
Israel’s public broadcaster apologises for playing Wagner
The Voice of Music channel broke a long-standing ban on the anti-Semitic composer’s works.
September 4, 2018
Review: Tristan und Isolde (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
An orchestra’s 90th birthday celebration is an astonishing gift to audiences and a triumph of music making.
August 18, 2018
Eva-Maria Westbroek out of WASO’s Tristan und Isolde
The soprano has withdrawn from the orchestra’s hotly anticipated presentation of Tristan, which was to have featured Stuart Skelton and Westbroek in the title roles.
August 3, 2018