As the groundbreaking Japanese piano manufacturer celebrates its 95th anniversary, we look back at founder Koichi Kawai's legacy and the company's commitment to excellence, accessibility and patronage.
Hugh Robertson, the Orchestra’s Editorial Manager and former Limelight Deputy Editor, reveals what he is most looking forward to next year.
The celebrated Canadian violinist goes deep on Beethoven’s unique and irreplaceable violin concerto, and why he looks forward to performing with Simone Young and the Sydney Symphony.
Ahead of his performances with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in October, the acclaimed French pianist discusses all things Ravel: his perfectionism, the gap between what he wrote and what he could play, and his Piano Concerto in G.
Ahead of his debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the brilliant violinist discusses the greatness of Brahms’ work, Joseph Joachim’s influence on it, and working with Donald Runnicles again.
The MSO’s Chief Conductor discusses Stravinsky's The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring as his August concert program gets underway.
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Chief Conductor tells us about the guest artists performing with the orchestra in August, in the renewed Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.
The Festival of Voices is back. Graham Abbott discusses one of the program highlights: Handel’s four Coronation Anthems.
Cellist Michelle Wood runs us through what she’s most looking forward to in 2022.
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Concertmaster discusses an upcoming concert he has programmed, full of rare delights.
Veena virtuoso Hari Sivanesan and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Artistic Advisor Matthew Hoy discuss an exciting concert featuring South Asian musicians and the MSO at Bunjil Place.
Soprano and composer Deborah Cheetham is one of a number of exciting appointments at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, which, as Head of School Professor Cat Hope explains, is looking to the future of music in Australia.
For more than 250 years, the northern city of St Petersburg has been Russia’s cultural capital. In the last 15 years, however, the performing arts scene has exploded. Music lover and frequent traveller, Robert Veel, describes the scene.
