Music
Performance review: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Film with Orchestra, Hamer Hall
With the backing of an orchestra, this multi award-winning movie was sonically resonant.
What composers contribute to a music festival
Sally Beamish and Stephen Johnson were invited to the Australian Festival of Chamber Music as much for their musical insights…
What does it take to be a virtuosic pianist?
Jeonghwan Kim recently won the prestigious 2023 Sydney International Piano Competition and is now on a recital tour around Australia.
Festival review: Illuminate Adelaide, from Unsound to Oneohtrix Point Never
Adelaide’s winter festival offers a rich array of experiences, from the sensory overload of Unsound Adelaide to a night-time ramble…
Music review: Symphony Series 5, Vitality, Adelaide Town Hall
A musical Mount Everest and a starry, starry night.
Music review: Governor’s Gala: Romance isn’t Dead, Yet…, Australian Festival of Chamber Music
The Australian Festival of Chamber Music Governor’s Gala offered splendid playing of some of the most romantic music ever written.
Concert review: FLIGHT: The Next Generation of Artists, Fitzroy Town Hall
A mini music festival’s dreamy takeover of Fitzroy Town Hall with intriguing contrasts of performance ambience and audience-artist connections.
Music review: Opening Applause, Australian Festival of Chamber Music
Two premieres and two perennial favourites open the 2023 Australian Chamber Music Festival in Townsville with a well-chosen and beautifully…
Musical review: Sweeney Todd, Sydney Opera House
The latest iteration of this musical theatre thriller will appeal to Sondheim fans, old and new.
What happens when a tram line throws a party?
The Eighty-Six is a new festival celebrating the concentrated cluster of live music venues in Melbourne’s inner north.