★★★★☆ Double basses take the spotlight to celebrate five years of AWO. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Editor’s Choice: Instrumental, August 2016 Among the 31 (mostly) short pieces on Butterflying is Lullaby for Nick, an adult embellishment of Elena Kats-Chernin’s first composition, written at age six. Lyrical and wistful, it is a fascinating early manifestation of the prodigious talent that developed into the powerhouse that she is today. This new double CD is a selection of music composed for her first instrument and love, piano, and on which she teams up with a fellow virtuoso who also began her musical career as a child prodigy. Tamara-Anna Cislowska gave her first public performance at two, playing Bartók, commenced studies at the Sydney Conservatorium at six and won the ABC Young Performer Award in 1991 at 14, the youngest ever winner. Although Cislowska’s repertoire spans five centuries, she has come to be particularly associated with contemporary Australian composers, winning an ARIA Award in 2015 for her ABC recording of Peter Sculthorpe’s Complete Works for Solo Piano. Ten years in the making, that project involved extensive collaboration between performer and composer; so too did Butterflying. In Cislowska, Kats-Chernin has found the perfect transmitter and musical partner who combines technical prowess with a particular depth of… Continue reading Get unlimited digital…
Composer Elena Kats-Chernin was flown in for the Festival Farewell.
The two long-term collaborators take us behind the scenes of their new double disc. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
2016 will feature the premiere of a world-first concerto for 8 double basses by Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
We meet the writer, composer and stars of Australia's first ever TV 'Soap' Opera.
An exclusive behind the scenes look at Australia’s first ever TV ‘Soap’ Opera, The Divorce. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Neat programme makes Gill’s 6×3 add up to rather more than 18. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
An Australian vintage puts Bach and Co.’s new wine into old bottles.
Composer Elena Kats-Chernin and Recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey on reimagining J.S. Bach's inventions.
Australia's finest musical minds tell us what they think makes our top 10 truly great.
Elena Kats-Chernin and Tamara-Anna Cislowska join forces for inaugural classical performance. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The Northern Territory’s principal orchestra will present six world premieres in next year’s season.
