World Premiere: Tilted Scales
Jack Frerer discusses his new work, commissioned by Musica Viva Australia, and explains why he likes composing for instruments he can’t play.
Jack Frerer discusses his new work, commissioned by Musica Viva Australia, and explains why he likes composing for instruments he can’t play.
Ali McGregor and Signum Saxophone Quartet deep dive the Hollywood Songbook in a stirring blend of sass, strut and swagger.
Beautiful contrasts abound as 11 Australian composers arrange 12 of Jess Hitchcock’s songs.
Life as a Musica Viva Australia FutureMaker starts with a blank piece of paper, says Madeleine Jevons. "I’m hoping we can come up with something that will live on."
Limelight takes a look into the nuts and bolts of The Cage Project and the making of a mesmerising sonic and visual experience for Sydney Festival.
Paul Kildea celebrates MVA's monumental 80th birthday with eight tours, 15 international artists and "enormous gratitude".
Ahead of an Australian tour for Musica Viva Australia, Director of Music Daniel Hyde discusses the Choir's latest Australian commission.
Seven tours, twenty-six artists, four world premieres – Musica Viva Australia's 2024 season "takes a sideways view" of chamber music both familiar and daring.
An enjoyable, eclectic evening of awe-inspiring musicianship with an unlikely instrumental trio.
A frustrating chimera of a lecture-performance hybrid buoyed by Aura Go’s Chopin.
Guitar diva Karin Schaupp and four old friends bring us some old favourites and a stunning new Carl Vine work.
Ahead of a Sydney Festival performance, Matthias Schack-Arnott talks about opening up John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes.
Returning giants, like Garrick Ohlsson, rub shoulders with fresh young talent and artists like Cédric Tiberghien and Jean-Guihen Queyras.