30 Under 30: Today’s hottest young musicians
Meet the young pianists, instrumentalists, singers and conductors taking classical music into the future.
Meet the young pianists, instrumentalists, singers and conductors taking classical music into the future.
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Celebrated young Serbian violinist, and DG’s latest signing, returns to Australia to perform with Ensemble Liaison. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
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Chopin’s compositions are generally considered innovative in form, style and harmony. To a modern-listener however, they can sometimes lack originality and excitement. There’s nothing overly special about his piano concerti: they are pretty, nice, polite. The works are advanced considering Chopin’s 20 years of age, but there’s an evident reliance on the models of Mozart and Hummel. The liner notes are correct in describing a “youthful charm”, but the music doesn’t yearn for individualism and sophistication. Nikolai Lugansky has previously filed recordings of both works, and this new CD only serves to reiterate the pianist’s musicianship. Lugansky and the Sinfonia Varsovia certainly fulfill Chopin’s expressive aesthetic and dramatic intention: at times delicate and then unexpectedly and boldly virtuosic. While the focus is clearly upon the solo piano, it’s equally enjoyable to hear other instruments so clearly. The horns are triumphant in the background, the oboe calls across the strings, and the flute sings from the highest musical summit. Rather than approaching technical passages with the rigidity of an étude, Lugansky gives them the ebb and flow of a musical poem. The orchestra is also sympathetic to the mediation between Classical and Romantic periods – neither brash nor timid. In the…
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The 1714 Guarneri instrument will be debuted by ACO violinist Rebecca Chan this month. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
After a decade-long absence, two music theatre legends join forces for an exclusive Australian tour. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Talented locals steal the limelight as OperaQ's La Bohème tours regional Queensland.
Surgeon and musician who designed the Sydney Opera House seats passes away at 80. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Best known to opera audiences, Cherie Boogaart takes to the cabaret stage in her new show Tentación. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in