Paul Kelly’s Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds wins Best Classical Album
The singer-songwriter’s collaboration with Alice Keath, James Ledger and the Seraphim Trio has taken out the classical category in the 2019 ARIA Awards.
October 10, 2019
Review: Symphonie Fantastique (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
James Ledger's new Viola Concerto, performed by Brett Dean, was a concert highlight alongside Florent Schmitt and Berlioz.
October 6, 2019
Review: Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds (Adelaide Festival)
Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Seraphim Trio and Alice Keath give us an evening of genre-blending bird songs.
March 3, 2019
James Ledger on Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds
The composer tells us about his avian collaboration with singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, which features settings of poetry by the likes of Judith Wright, Emily Dickinson and John Keats.
February 26, 2019
Adelaide Festival announces its 2019 program
The line-up includes the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Moscow's Sretensky Monastery Choir, and Meryl Tankard's Two Feet performed by Natalia Osipova.
October 30, 2018
Review: Schubert Ledger Shostakovich (Australian String Quartet)
A world premiere by James Ledger demonstrates that he's a formidable composer for the string quartet.
September 28, 2018
James Ledger: The Distortion Mirror
In his new work for the Australian String Quartet, the composer holds a mirror up to the form made famous by Joseph Haydn.
September 19, 2018
Mark Holdsworth is MSO’s 2019 Cybec Young Composer in Residence
Over 12 months, the emerging composer will work closely with orchestra and staff to create two new compositions to be performed by the MSO.
April 4, 2018
The Australian String Quartet unveils its 2018 season
The Quartet’s offerings include a new quartet by James Ledger, as well as works by Dean, Widmann, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
October 3, 2017
World Premiere: James Ledger’s Hollow Kings
James Ledger explains why he's swapped lute for electric guitar in his exploration of four Shakespearean monarchs.
June 17, 2016
James Ledger: Time And Time Again
The composer admits to an obsession with the passage of time in his latest work for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 29, 2015
Screaming from the shore
How does an artist commemorate the brutality of war? Composer James Ledger shares his thoughts. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
April 21, 2015
On the road with eighth blackbird
Brisbane-born flautist Tim Munro is on the new music adventure of a lifetime with this quirky Chicago sextet.
September 15, 2011