Review: Duelling Composers – Staves Drawn! (Australian Festival of Chamber Music)
Liszt vs Brahms! Reich vs Glass! AFCM brings together a selection of works by composers who disliked each other intensely.
Liszt vs Brahms! Reich vs Glass! AFCM brings together a selection of works by composers who disliked each other intensely.
Like any good casting director, AFCM's Jack Liebeck knows how to curate an impressive opening-night lineup.
The Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townville works because it's off-the-radar, not despite it, says Artistic Director Jack Liebeck.
Ian Potter Foundation funding to be funnelled into expanding AFCM's regional reach and developing its programs for emerging and local musicians.
Michael Collins, Carolyn Sampson, Emily Sun and the Australian String Quartet among this year's artists playing the Aussie tropics.
A new Guinness World Record for Longest Acoustic Music Live-Streamed Concert highlights the need for greater diversity and access.
The record for the longest live-streamed concert is set to be broken with music by female and non-binary artists.
This month we are in vocal heaven with period instrument Rodgers & Hammerstein, Shakespearean song, an operatic take on Wuthering Heights, and a resurrected Parsifal.
Sampson and Williams go measure for measure in a savvy Shakespearean fantasy.
Pianist and Grainger expert proves melodiously gifted composer.
“I wanted to cram as much in as possible,” says Artistic Director Kathryn Stott unveiling her final program in Townsville.
Sampson gives Handel’s Italian cantatas the full operatic treatment.
A new foray into Schubert Lieder proves an ideal partnership.