20 August, 2014
Radio to take musical pulse of the Nation
“National Contemporary Landscapes” looks set to explore the terrain of Australian contemporary classical music.
20 August, 2014
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra debut wows BBC Proms
Sir Andrew Davis’ Australian orchestra has listeners crying into their suppers.
19 August, 2014
Is music a gift? Scientists weigh in on the debate
Nature or nurture? Swedish study of twins suggests musical aptitude is genetic.
18 August, 2014
Opera Australia wins big at the 14th Helpmann Awards
Melbourne Ring and Sydney Theatre Company win big while Sweet Charity slays the giants.
18 August, 2014
ACO celebrates 40 years with the old and the new
Vivaldi bookends next year’s season but there’s a great deal more in between.
18 August, 2014
Licia Albanese has died
Soprano embraced by Toscanini and Sondheim takes her final curtain call at 105.
18 August, 2014
Blood, gore and much more in Theatre Works’ Thérèse Raquin
Contemporary adaptation of Emile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin will reinvigorate the work, almost 150 years after it was written.
18 August, 2014
Music proven to be as good as sex
Innovative research examines how musical pleasure leads to physiological stimuli.
15 August, 2014
Demand for Brian Cox out of this world
Fourth concert announced for QSO’s cosmic collaboration with celebrity physicist.
14 August, 2014
Joyce DiDonato tells you how to get to Carnegie Hall
The singer shares her audition dos and don’ts for people wanting places at her masterclasses.
14 August, 2014
Nigel Westlake and Lior to headline Art Music Awards
Impressive roll-call of performers is announced for this year’s APRA AMCOS Awards
13 August, 2014
Frans Brüggen has died
Early music pioneer and founder of Orchestra of the 18th Century passes at 79.
13 August, 2014
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra invites audience to conduct
Curtain up on ASO’s Beethoven Festival, but orchestra abandons stage for local railway station.