Music
Review: Dvorak’s Symphony No 6, Sydney Opera House
An exhilarating, muscular performance.
Review: Rafiq Bhatia, The Jazzlab/MIJF (VIC)
The visceral harmonies of jazz and drone metal come together in true fusion.
Review: Michael Pignéguy, The Jazzlab/MIJF (VIC)
A night of jazz that says ‘jack of all trades, master of …’.
Review: Beethoven: The Piano Concertos - Concert One, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Guest soloist Jayson Gillham shines in Beethoven’s First Concerto.
Review: Beethoven: The Piano Concertos - Concert Two, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
The surprisingly modern Fourth is considered by many pianists to be the most beautiful piano concerto ever written.
Review: Gershwin Reimagined, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/MIJF
Laura Mvula’s spectacular performance transcends the score while still paying respect to Gershwin’s original intentions.
Review: Fond Farewells – Master Series 3, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Classical music’s newest rock star gives a dazzling performance in Adelaide.
Indigenous Australian composers in harmony
Christopher Sainsbury shares lessons from Ngarra-burria First Peoples Composers program in a new Platform Paper.
Review: West Side Story, Opera on the Harbour
More aptly "wet" side story, the show on the harbour opened, but it was a lost opportunity as a classic…
Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues postpones 30th anniversary celebrations until 2020
The festival has cancelled its 2019 iteration, pushing back its 30th anniversary until next year in order to develop new…