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Classical Music, Opera
news

The Cooperative unveils its 2022 season

The ambitious Sydney-based opera company will perform four programs including a double bill featuring a work by Kaija Saariaho and a world premiere by Felicity Wilcox.

January 24, 2022
Classical Music, Instrumental
news

2021 Pythia Prize winner announced

Australian composer Felicity Wilcox has taken out the $4000 prize from Rubiks Collective, and will collaborate with the ensemble on a new work.

December 17, 2021
Classical Music, Festivals, Instrumental
news

ANAM SET Festival announced for May 2022

The Australian National Academy of Music’s audacious commissioning project reaches its conclusion, with a festival in May to premiere 67 new works.

November 16, 2021
Audiovisual, Classical Music
features

Guns for Hire: Australian Screen Composers

The pleasures and perils of writing music for film and television.

October 25, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

“No excuse to continue this discrimination” – what does Australia’s orchestral repertoire say about us?

Limelight has been looking at whether the music our orchestras play genuinely reflects our society, and to what extent it ought to. Our readers have responded passionately and eloquently.

September 13, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental
features

Cutting Edge: Embracing the new and unknown

Many people are intimidated by new music because of a lifetime of sonic conditioning – a challenge Ensemble Offspring takes in its stride

July 26, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Programming is not the problem

Peter Tregear discusses the rise of identity politics and argues that if we wish to defend our orchestral culture, we cannot avoid questions of musical value.

July 26, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Programming must get with the program

Australians deserve to hear a great deal more music by First Nations peoples, women, gender non-conforming people, composers of colour, and our male contemporaries argues Felicity Wilcox.

June 28, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
features

Listen to the Australian Art Music playlist: June 2021

Cameron Lam explores the string quartet in this month's playlist of Australian art music.

June 16, 2021
Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: Women of Note Volume 3: A Century of Australian Composers

Another stellar release celebrating Australia's wealth of female composers.

June 10, 2021
Classical Music
features

Extract: Programming must get with the program

Australians deserve to hear a great deal more music by First Nations peoples, women, gender non-conforming people, composers of colour, and our male contemporaries argues Felicity Wilcox.

June 4, 2021
Classical Music
features

Ensemble Offspring’s Surge takes us back to the 90s

Guitarist Andrew Blanch explains all in a deep dive back to the ‘90s.

May 19, 2021
Classical Music
features

Australian Art Music playlist: December 2020

Cameron Lam's playlist of Australian art music for December explores ideas of reflection, community and support.

December 9, 2020

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