Dodging bullets on the way to school, music as “competitive cage-fighting” almost turned the Chinese cellist off the classics for good. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
A clever pairing is more than simply programming by numbers.
Don't let the title fool you – these are classics as you don't often hear them.
Tasmin Little talks about chicken dinners at the Menuhin school, upcoming performances in Australia and intense collaborations with Piers Lane.
The Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music looks back on a decade of superb music making. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The celebrated British violinist joins 34 other world-class soloists in Townsville for this year’s chamber music festival. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
From Mozart's Classical perfection to the dark turbulence of Taneyev, music shows it's power to emote.
The Shock of the New I’ve just returned from Townsville where I spent a very pleasant four days at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, and I’d like to share a secret with you – an aging audience isn’t always a bad thing. An issue that crops up in conversations all the time these days seems to be the million dollar question of how do we get a new audience for classical music? Arts organisations all over the world seem fixated on finding the silver bullet that will rejuvenate their patrons (if I may muddle my metaphors). There’s often an assumption that an older audience is a crusty one, set in its ways and only interested in ‘the three Bs’. A day in Townsville, however, is enough to put you right. Here are a crowd of mostly self-funding retirees (and you need to have the time and a little bit of spare cash to commit to this kind of event) who are up for a challenge. For three sessions a day they eagerly embrace the obscure, the new, and will even listen intently to the downright demanding. During my time up north, Piers Lane and his team offered us everything…
A marathon day of Bach brilliance, crowned by two astonishing Anderszewski performances.
Anderszewski, Qin and Dickson head an extraordinary musical evening.
From the ridiculous to the sublime, Townsville's 25th birthday bash is off with a bang.
The Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music reveals 2015’s red-hot lineup. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The widely-respected Polish pianist will headline the Townsville-based chamber music festival.
