Ben Wilkie

Ben Wilkie

Ben studied jazz and classical performance and musicology at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music in Melbourne and is a freelance writer and historian. He is a regular reviewer for Limelight, and has a special interest in 20th-century and contemporary classical music.


Articles by Ben Wilkie

features

When Worlds Collide

The intersection of classical music with other genres such as rock and pop is growing fast, with novel sounds emerging. But what should we call such collaborations? Classical music? Serious music? And how did the division between highbrow and lowbrow music first come about?

March 1, 2019