The self-confessed workaholic talks about her career, her Parsifal nightmares, and why she will only stay in a hotel with a pool.

Ahead of the AWO and ANAM performance of Turangalîla-Symphonie, the pianist explains how the masterpiece evolved.

Messiaen biographer Peter Hill explains the personal pain behind the pivotal work in the French composer’s career.

He's toured Australia in a quartet of siblings, chased dreams to Israel, and this year performs Messiaen with Simone Young.

Young musicians of ANAM join with the TSO in an epic performance of Stravinsky's powerful ritual.

The Australian maestro will bring the expat supergroup together with ANAM students in Melbourne this July. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The SOH, Australian National Academy of Music and Pacific Opera announce a new concert series in the Utzon Room. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

In his first eclectic programme as Artistic Director, Nick Deutsch presents a fascinating season of contrasts. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The Victorian government has finally committed to keeping the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

From 2011 to 2015, the Australian National Academy of Music and the Melbourne Recital Centre presented the Australian Voices concert series, celebrating significant Australian composers. Included was a programme of chamber works by Stuart Greenbaum (b. 1966). This recording, released on ANAM’s own imprint, features seven Academy musicians with harpist and ANAM alumna Jessica Fotinos, performing three works by Greenbaum in which harp plays a central role. Mondrian Interiors is a collection of eight pieces inspired by an exhibition of works by the Dutch artist, with works scored for combinations of oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, piano and harp. Four Finalities is a song cycle written in collaboration with poet Ross Baglin and performed by mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean. The delicate interplay between Betts-Dean’s forcefully ethereal voice and the harp is utterly captivating, enhanced by a rich and spacious recording sonic. Finally, Nine Candles for Dark Nights is solo harp piece written for Australian harpist Marshall McGuire that explores and expands the sonic capacities of this instrument. This is a tremendously accessible collection of works that balances the obvious beauty of the harp with subtly nuanced complementary sonorities. The performances are fresh and exciting, and it’s to be hoped that we’ll… Continue reading Get…

ANAM student Harry Bennetts has landed a place at the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Academy. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Two young quartets tackle a pair of opposing works from Haydn and Shostakovich.