Changing Tune
Jennifer Koh on racism and investing in the music of tomorrow.
Jessie Tu is a book critic at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and a staff writer at Women’s Agenda. Her debut novel, A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing (2020), won the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year.
Jennifer Koh on racism and investing in the music of tomorrow.
Frances O’Connor’s dreamy film about Emily Brontë is propelled by emotions.
In this moving documentary, Sydney luthier Harry Vatiliotis makes his final (800th) violin for his close friend, violinist and filmmaker Romano Crivici.
The 78-page report exposes alarming levels of sexual assault, harassment and bullying, and makes 17 recommendations to provide a path forward to a safer industry.
This fine concert featuring chamber arrangements of works by Wranitzky, Mozart and Beethoven provided a taste of live performances before the dawn of recorded sound.
The One is a vibrant, fun, inoffensive play, but it left Jessie Tu wondering if having characters catalogue the racial taunts they've endured frames them too much as a victim.
Loud, frantic and utterly hyperactive, Top Coat features powerhouse performances and a dazzling script by Michelle Law.
Composer Cyrus Meurant did not disappoint when he returned to the stage to perform his music with Andrew Smith and Kirsten Williams, in a display of artistic tenderness.
Avery's solo performance was hypnotic and completely entrancing, a mood reflected and enhanced by the incredible architecture of Phoenix Central Park.
Two very different quartets - though sharing a common sense of unity and cohesion - combined for a superb gig.
A joyous program of classic Chinese repertoire, capped off with Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto.
An invigorating jazz performance with moments of genius that evoked a tremblingly gorgeous mystical realm.
Jessie Tu talks with Tessie Overmyer and Hannah James about playing Charles Mingus's music as part of a nine-piece band at the Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival.