Launching over 20 world premieres from emerging and established Australian composers, the ensemble touts new music across NSW and Victoria, as well as internationally in Helsinki and Berlin.
QSO Principal Double Bassist Phoebe Russell proved mighty indeed as the soloist in Paul Dean’s sparkling new Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra.
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.
Six leading Australian composers have been named as finalists for this year's Paul Lowin Orchestral and Song Cycle Prizes.
In its debut concert as the new Company in Residence at QPAC, Ensemble Q gave a vivacious performance of works by Beethoven and Paul Dean.
The AFCM’s Festival Finale was a fitting conclusion to the festival, with a pot-pourri of diverse musical pieces to suit all tastes.
The program’s promise of ‘music out of the blue’ delivered an overwhelmingly melancholic view of the beauty of music, inspired by the power of the oceans.
Clinton White reports from this year's Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville, and talks with AD Jack Liebeck and culinary icon Maggie Beer.
Paul Dean discusses his role as composer-in-residence, clarinettist, conductor and conversationalist at this year's Australian Festival of Chamber Music, opening tonight.
Jack Liebeck explains how his life fell into place when a violin was put into his hands at age eight, and how he has programmed the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, where he is the new Artistic Director.
Ensemble Q gives a thoughtful examination of early 20th-century chamber rarities.
AFCM's new AD reveals some of the highlights of this year's program and the importance of tradition alongside innovation.
Ensemble Q’s concert Fantasias soothed the soul, mixing styles and periods into a meditative, melodious whirl.
