Taking up residency at the Darwin Entertainment Centre, DSO presents a program for music lovers of all ages, combining classics with works by First Nations and Australian artists and composers.
Australian Brett Dean has received an award for his song cycle Madame ma bonne soeur, with Thomas Adès, Judith Weir and Rebecca Saunders also among the winners.
Paul Dean and Elliott Gyger have taken home this year's Paul Lowin Prizes, presented at a ceremony that also included the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address.
Pianist Jonathan Biss demonstrates dignified introspection in a fine Beethoven concert that also features the Australian premiere of Brett Dean's Gneixendorf Music, a Winter’s Journey.
Six leading Australian composers have been named as finalists for this year's Paul Lowin Orchestral and Song Cycle Prizes.
AD Lyn Williams will shortly be meeting applicants via Zoom for Gondwana Choirs in 2023. She expresses her excitement at the programs in store, including collaborations with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and New Zealand Youth Choir.
Cameron Lam explores choirs new and old, and the music written for them, in this month's Australian Art Music playlist.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
As the Edinburgh International Festival celebrates its 75th anniversary alongside the concurrent Edinburgh Fringe, it hosts the largest contingent of Australian artists in its history.
Cameron Lam explores Australian music written for brass instruments, from tubas and trombones, to double bell trumpets and a 19-century ophicleide.
English tenor Allan Clayton discusses A Winter’s Journey, a new staging of Schubert’s mournful song cycle Winterreise, and explains why he is drawn to bleak work and outsider roles.
Blending new and old works, this versatile program was given a superb performance; it was a shame that some of the audience weren't able to see the musicians.
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