QSO marks 80 years with Beethoven cycle and ambitious 2027 season
Curating his final season with Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Umberto Clerici looks to the past and to the future in his last hurrah.
Jason joined the Limelight team in early 2023 as Digital Editor. He has served as Arts Editor of Sydney City Hub, editor of AUSTAR magazine, an online producer at Fairfax, and has reviewed theatre for The Sun-Herald (2006-2009), The Sydney Morning Herald (2009-2017), The Saturday Paper and Guardian Australia. He was co-founder/co-editor of the audreyjournal platform from 2017–22 and Publications Manager for the 2022 Sydney Film Festival.
Curating his final season with Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Umberto Clerici looks to the past and to the future in his last hurrah.
The Minns Government’s Time for Music plan aims to improve the quality and consistency of music education.
The Australian opera joins nominees from 24 countries in the prestigious international competition hosted in Vienna.
New NSW legislation establishes protections and support measures for the contemporary music sector.
Northey’s address to argue that Australian art music’s central challenge is not preservation but “relevance, imagination and connection”.
Pinchgut's Erin Helyard joins ANU faculty staff in a week-long exploration of a remarkable archive of instruments.
A cast of bottles, jars and knick-knacks brings Shakespeare’s tangled plots to life in unexpected ways.
Supported projects span theatre, opera, music, puppetry and multidisciplinary performance.
“It’s about permanent residents, it’s about expats and visitors," says Paul Dyer. "It’s about musical migrants, and it’s about open borders with people of talent."
Like many gifted musicians of her generation, Jones built her career in Europe, but she will be rememembered as a key figure in the early history of Musica Viva Australia.
A smart setup slowly grinds to a halt under the weight of too many ideas.
Deborah Bruce’s play turns a cramped family home into a compelling theatre of secrets and trauma.
Calvin Abdiel one of four finalists in a competition concluding without a first-prize winner.