Music

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…

Review: Nigel Kennedy in Recital, Adelaide Festival Centre
The bad boy of classical music shows his jazz chops in a dazzling display at the Festival Theatre.

Review: In The Heights, Sydney Opera House
This show not only sizzles with supergiant energy but it’s a timely rebuttal to the whitewashing of Australian identity.

Review: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's Christmas Proms
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

Review: Mamma Mia The Musical, Adelaide Festival Centre
The newest production of the world-wide musical sensation Mamma Mia has landed in Adelaide after a year long tour around…

Review: Evita, Sydney Opera House
Tina Arena shines as Eva Peron.