Music

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…

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!